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Nuestro Jefe de sacerdotes es mejor

Lo más importante de todo esto es que tenemos un Jefe de sacerdotes que está en el cielo, sentado a la derecha del trono de Dios. Ese sacerdote es Jesucristo, que actúa como sacerdote en el verdadero santuario,[a] es decir, en el verdadero lugar de adoración, hecho por Dios y no por nosotros los humanos.

Aquí en la tierra, se nombra a cada jefe de los sacerdotes para presentar a Dios las ofrendas y sacrificios del pueblo. Por eso, también Jesucristo tiene algo que ofrecer a Dios. Si él estuviera aquí, no sería sacerdote, pues ya tenemos sacerdotes que presentan a Dios las ofrendas que ordena la ley de Moisés. Pero el trabajo de esos sacerdotes nos da apenas una ligera idea de lo que pasa en el cielo. Por eso, cuando Moisés iba a construir el santuario, Dios le dijo: «Pon mucho cuidado, porque debes hacerlo todo siguiendo el modelo que te mostré en la montaña». Pero el trabajo que Dios le dio a Jesucristo, nuestro Jefe de sacerdotes, es mucho mejor, y por medio de él tenemos también un pacto mejor, porque en él Dios nos hace mejores promesas.

El antiguo pacto

Si el pacto que Dios hizo antes con el pueblo de Israel hubiera sido perfecto, no habría sido necesario un nuevo pacto. Pero al ver Dios que el pueblo no le obedecía como él esperaba, dijo:

«Viene el día
en que haré un nuevo pacto
con el pueblo de Israel
y con el pueblo de Judá.

»En el pasado,
tomé de la mano a sus antepasados
y los saqué de Egipto,
y luego hice un pacto con ellos.
Pero no lo cumplieron,
y por eso no me preocupé más por ellos.

10 »Por eso, éste será mi nuevo pacto
con el pueblo de Israel:
haré que mis enseñanzas
las aprendan de memoria,
y que sean la guía de su vida.
Yo seré su Dios,
y ellos serán mi pueblo.
Les juro que así será.

11 »Ya no hará falta
que unos sean maestros de otros,
y que les enseñen a conocerme,
porque todos me conocerán,
desde el más joven hasta el más viejo.

12 »Yo les perdonaré
todas sus maldades,
y nunca más me acordaré
de sus pecados.»

13 Cuando Dios habla de hacer con nosotros un nuevo pacto, es porque considera viejo el pacto anterior. Y lo que se considera viejo e inútil, ya está a punto de desaparecer.

Footnotes

  1. Hebreos 8:2 Santuario: lit. tienda o carpa. En otras versiones de la Biblia se traduce como Tabernáculo o Tienda del Encuentro.

Punctul cel mai însemnat al celor spuse este că avem un Mare Preot care(A) S-a aşezat la dreapta scaunului de domnie al Măririi, în ceruri, ca slujitor al Locului Preasfânt(B) şi al adevăratului cort(C), care a fost ridicat nu de un om, ci de Domnul. Orice mare preot(D) este pus să aducă lui Dumnezeu daruri şi jertfe. De aceea era(E) de trebuinţă ca şi celălalt Mare Preot să aibă ceva de adus. Dacă ar fi pe pământ, nici n-ar mai fi preot, fiindcă sunt cei ce aduc darurile după Lege. Ei fac o slujbă, care este chipul şi umbra(F) lucrurilor cereşti, după poruncile primite de Moise de la Dumnezeu, când avea să facă cortul: „Ia seama”(G), i s-a zis, „să faci totul după chipul care ţi-a fost arătat pe munte”. Dar, acum, Hristos a căpătat(H) o slujbă cu atât mai înaltă, cu cât legământul al cărui Mijlocitor este El e mai bun, căci este aşezat pe făgăduinţe mai bune. În(I) adevăr, dacă legământul dintâi ar fi fost fără cusur, n-ar mai fi fost vorba să fie înlocuit cu un al doilea. Căci ca o mustrare a zis Dumnezeu lui Israel: „Iată(J), vin zile, zice Domnul, când voi face cu casa lui Israel şi cu casa lui Iuda un legământ nou, nu ca legământul pe care l-am făcut cu părinţii lor în ziua când i-am apucat de mână ca să-i scot din ţara Egiptului. Pentru că n-au rămas în legământul Meu, şi nici Mie nu Mi-a păsat de ei, zice Domnul. 10 Dar iată(K) legământul, pe care-l voi face cu casa lui Israel după acele zile, zice Domnul: Voi pune legile Mele în mintea lor şi le voi scrie în inimile lor; Eu(L) voi fi Dumnezeul lor, şi ei vor fi poporul Meu. 11 Şi nu(M) vor mai învăţa fiecare pe vecinul sau pe fratele său zicând: ‘Cunoaşte pe Domnul!’ Căci toţi Mă vor cunoaşte, de la cel mai mic până la cel mai mare dintre ei. 12 Pentru că le voi ierta nelegiuirile şi nu-Mi voi mai aduce aminte de păcatele şi(N) fărădelegile lor.” 13 Prin faptul că zice(O): „Un nou legământ”, a mărturisit că cel dintâi este vechi, iar ce este vechi, ce a îmbătrânit, este aproape de pieire.

The High Priest of a New Covenant

Now the main point of what we are saying is this: We do have such a high priest,(A) who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,(B) and who serves in the sanctuary, the true tabernacle(C) set up by the Lord, not by a mere human being.

Every high priest(D) is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices,(E) and so it was necessary for this one also to have something to offer.(F) If he were on earth, he would not be a priest, for there are already priests who offer the gifts prescribed by the law.(G) They serve at a sanctuary that is a copy(H) and shadow(I) of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned(J) when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”[a](K) But in fact the ministry Jesus has received is as superior to theirs as the covenant(L) of which he is mediator(M) is superior to the old one, since the new covenant is established on better promises.

For if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant, no place would have been sought for another.(N) But God found fault with the people and said[b]:

“The days are coming, declares the Lord,
    when I will make a new covenant(O)
with the people of Israel
    and with the people of Judah.
It will not be like the covenant
    I made with their ancestors(P)
when I took them by the hand
    to lead them out of Egypt,
because they did not remain faithful to my covenant,
    and I turned away from them,
declares the Lord.
10 This is the covenant(Q) I will establish with the people of Israel
    after that time, declares the Lord.
I will put my laws in their minds
    and write them on their hearts.(R)
I will be their God,
    and they will be my people.(S)
11 No longer will they teach their neighbor,
    or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’
because they will all know me,(T)
    from the least of them to the greatest.
12 For I will forgive their wickedness
    and will remember their sins no more.(U)[c](V)

13 By calling this covenant “new,”(W) he has made the first one obsolete;(X) and what is obsolete and outdated will soon disappear.

Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 8:5 Exodus 25:40
  2. Hebrews 8:8 Some manuscripts may be translated fault and said to the people.
  3. Hebrews 8:12 Jer. 31:31-34

The New Priestly Service

Now this is the main point of the things we are saying: We have such a High Priest, (A)who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, a Minister of (B)the [a]sanctuary and of (C)the true tabernacle which the Lord erected, and not man.

For (D)every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore (E)it is necessary that this One also have something to offer. For if He were on earth, He would not be a priest, since there are priests who offer the gifts according to the law; who serve (F)the copy and (G)shadow of the heavenly things, as Moses was divinely instructed when he was about to make the tabernacle. For He said, (H)“See that you make all things according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.” But now (I)He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a (J)better covenant, which was established on better promises.

A New Covenant(K)

For if that (L)first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second. Because finding fault with them, He says: (M)“Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they did not continue in My covenant, and I disregarded them, says the Lord. 10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the (N)Lord: I will put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts; and (O)I will be their God, and they shall be My people. 11 (P)None of them shall teach his neighbor, and none his brother, saying, ‘Know the (Q)Lord,’ for all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them. 12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, (R)and their sins [b]and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.”

13 (S)In that He says, “A new covenant,” He has made the first obsolete. Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.

Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 8:2 Lit. holies
  2. Hebrews 8:12 NU omits and their lawless deeds