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Hebreos 9
Nueva Traducción Viviente
Hebreos 9
Nueva Traducción Viviente
Reglas antiguas sobre la adoración
9 Ese primer pacto entre Dios e Israel incluía ordenanzas para la adoración y un lugar de culto aquí, en la tierra. 2 Ese tabernáculo[a] estaba formado por dos salas. En la primera sala había un candelabro, una mesa y los panes consagrados sobre ella. Esta sala se llamaba Lugar Santo. 3 Luego había una cortina detrás de la cual se encontraba la segunda sala,[b] llamada Lugar Santísimo. 4 En esa sala había un altar de oro para el incienso y un cofre de madera conocido como el arca del pacto, el cual estaba totalmente cubierto de oro. Dentro del arca había un recipiente de oro que contenía el maná, la vara de Aarón a la que le habían salido hojas y las tablas del pacto que eran de piedra. 5 Por encima del arca estaban los querubines de la gloria divina, cuyas alas se extendían sobre la tapa del arca, es decir, el lugar de la expiación; pero ahora no podemos explicar estas cosas en detalle.
6 Cuando estos elementos estaban en su lugar, los sacerdotes entraban con regularidad en la primera sala,[c] durante el cumplimiento de sus deberes religiosos. 7 Pero solo el sumo sacerdote entraba en el Lugar Santísimo y lo hacía una sola vez al año; y siempre ofrecía sangre por sus propios pecados y por los pecados que el pueblo cometía por ignorancia. 8 Mediante esas ordenanzas, el Espíritu Santo daba a entender que la entrada al Lugar Santísimo no estaba abierta a todos en tanto siguiera en pie el tabernáculo[d] y el sistema que representaba.
9 Esta es una ilustración que apunta al tiempo presente. Pues las ofrendas y los sacrificios que ofrecen los sacerdotes no pueden limpiar la conciencia de las personas que los traen. 10 Pues ese sistema antiguo solo consiste en alimentos, bebidas y diversas ceremonias de purificación, es decir, ordenanzas externas[e] que permanecieron vigentes solo hasta que se estableció un sistema mejor.
Cristo es el sacrificio perfecto
11 Entonces Cristo ahora ha llegado a ser el Sumo Sacerdote por sobre todas las cosas buenas que han venido.[f] Él entró en ese tabernáculo superior y más perfecto que está en el cielo, el cual no fue hecho por manos humanas ni forma parte del mundo creado. 12 Con su propia sangre—no con la sangre de cabras ni de becerros—entró en el Lugar Santísimo una sola vez y para siempre, y aseguró nuestra redención eterna.
13 Bajo el sistema antiguo, la sangre de cabras y toros y las cenizas de una novilla podían limpiar el cuerpo de las personas que estaban ceremonialmente impuras. 14 Imagínense cuánto más la sangre de Cristo nos purificará la conciencia de acciones pecaminosas[g] para que adoremos al Dios viviente. Pues por el poder del Espíritu eterno, Cristo se ofreció a sí mismo a Dios como sacrificio perfecto por nuestros pecados. 15 Por eso él es el mediador de un nuevo pacto entre Dios y la gente, para que todos los que son llamados puedan recibir la herencia eterna que Dios les ha prometido. Pues Cristo murió para librarlos del castigo por los pecados que habían cometido bajo ese primer pacto.
16 Ahora bien, cuando alguien deja un testamento,[h] es necesario comprobar que la persona que lo hizo ha muerto.[i] 17 El testamento solo entra en vigencia después de la muerte de la persona. Mientras viva el que lo hizo, el testamento no puede entrar en vigencia.
18 Por eso, aun el primer pacto fue puesto en vigencia con la sangre de un animal. 19 Pues después de que Moisés había leído cada uno de los mandamientos de Dios a todo el pueblo, tomó la sangre de los becerros y las cabras[j] junto con agua, y roció tanto el libro de la ley de Dios como a todo el pueblo con ramas de hisopo y lana de color escarlata. 20 Entonces dijo: «Esta sangre confirma el pacto que Dios ha hecho con ustedes»[k]. 21 De la misma manera roció con la sangre el tabernáculo y todo lo que se usaba para adorar a Dios. 22 De hecho, según la ley de Moisés, casi todo se purificaba con sangre porque sin derramamiento de sangre no hay perdón.
23 Por esa razón, el tabernáculo y todo lo que en él había—que eran copias de las cosas del cielo—debían ser purificados mediante la sangre de animales; pero las cosas verdaderas del cielo debían ser purificadas mediante sacrificios superiores a la sangre de animales.
24 Pues Cristo no entró en un lugar santo hecho por manos humanas, que era solo una copia del verdadero, que está en el cielo. Él entró en el cielo mismo para presentarse ahora delante de Dios a favor de nosotros; 25 y no entró en el cielo para ofrecerse a sí mismo una y otra vez, como lo hace el sumo sacerdote aquí en la tierra, que entra en el Lugar Santísimo año tras año con la sangre de un animal. 26 Si eso hubiera sido necesario, Cristo tendría que haber sufrido la muerte una y otra vez, desde el principio del mundo; pero ahora, en el fin de los tiempos,[l] Cristo se presentó una sola vez y para siempre para quitar el pecado mediante su propia muerte en sacrificio.
27 Y así como cada persona está destinada a morir una sola vez y después vendrá el juicio, 28 así también Cristo fue ofrecido una sola vez y para siempre, a fin de quitar los pecados de muchas personas. Cristo vendrá otra vez, no para ocuparse de nuestros pecados, sino para traer salvación a todos los que esperan con anhelo su venida.
Footnotes
- 9:2 O Esa carpa; similar en 9:11, 21.
- 9:3 En griego segunda carpa.
- 9:6 En griego primera carpa.
- 9:8 O la primera sala; en griego dice la primera carpa.
- 9:10 En griego ordenanzas para el cuerpo.
- 9:11 Algunos manuscritos dicen que están por venir.
- 9:14 En griego de obras muertas.
- 9:16a O pacto; también en 9:17.
- 9:16b O Ahora bien, cuando alguien hace un pacto, es necesario ratificarlo con la muerte de un sacrificio.
- 9:19 Algunos manuscritos no incluyen y las cabras.
- 9:20 Ex 24:8.
- 9:26 En griego los siglos.
Hebrews 9
New International Version
Hebrews 9
New International Version
Worship in the Earthly Tabernacle
9 Now the first covenant had regulations for worship and also an earthly sanctuary.(A) 2 A tabernacle(B) was set up. In its first room were the lampstand(C) and the table(D) with its consecrated bread;(E) this was called the Holy Place.(F) 3 Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place,(G) 4 which had the golden altar of incense(H) and the gold-covered ark of the covenant.(I) This ark contained the gold jar of manna,(J) Aaron’s staff that had budded,(K) and the stone tablets of the covenant.(L) 5 Above the ark were the cherubim of the Glory,(M) overshadowing the atonement cover.(N) But we cannot discuss these things in detail now.
6 When everything had been arranged like this, the priests entered regularly(O) into the outer room to carry on their ministry. 7 But only the high priest entered(P) the inner room,(Q) and that only once a year,(R) and never without blood,(S) which he offered for himself(T) and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.(U) 8 The Holy Spirit was showing(V) by this that the way(W) into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still functioning. 9 This is an illustration(X) for the present time, indicating that the gifts and sacrifices being offered(Y) were not able to clear the conscience(Z) of the worshiper. 10 They are only a matter of food(AA) and drink(AB) and various ceremonial washings(AC)—external regulations(AD) applying until the time of the new order.
The Blood of Christ
11 But when Christ came as high priest(AE) of the good things that are now already here,[a](AF) he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle(AG) that is not made with human hands,(AH) that is to say, is not a part of this creation. 12 He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves;(AI) but he entered the Most Holy Place(AJ) once for all(AK) by his own blood,(AL) thus obtaining[b] eternal redemption. 13 The blood of goats and bulls(AM) and the ashes of a heifer(AN) sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that they are outwardly clean. 14 How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit(AO) offered himself(AP) unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences(AQ) from acts that lead to death,[c](AR) so that we may serve the living God!(AS)
15 For this reason Christ is the mediator(AT) of a new covenant,(AU) that those who are called(AV) may receive the promised(AW) eternal inheritance(AX)—now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant.(AY)
16 In the case of a will,[d] it is necessary to prove the death of the one who made it, 17 because a will is in force only when somebody has died; it never takes effect while the one who made it is living. 18 This is why even the first covenant was not put into effect without blood.(AZ) 19 When Moses had proclaimed(BA) every command of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves,(BB) together with water, scarlet wool and branches of hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people.(BC) 20 He said, “This is the blood of the covenant, which God has commanded you to keep.”[e](BD) 21 In the same way, he sprinkled with the blood both the tabernacle and everything used in its ceremonies. 22 In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood,(BE) and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.(BF)
23 It was necessary, then, for the copies(BG) of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 24 For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with human hands that was only a copy of the true one;(BH) he entered heaven itself,(BI) now to appear for us in God’s presence.(BJ) 25 Nor did he enter heaven to offer himself again and again, the way the high priest enters the Most Holy Place(BK) every year with blood that is not his own.(BL) 26 Otherwise Christ would have had to suffer many times since the creation of the world.(BM) But he has appeared(BN) once for all(BO) at the culmination of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself.(BP) 27 Just as people are destined to die once,(BQ) and after that to face judgment,(BR) 28 so Christ was sacrificed once(BS) to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time,(BT) not to bear sin,(BU) but to bring salvation(BV) to those who are waiting for him.(BW)
Footnotes
- Hebrews 9:11 Some early manuscripts are to come
- Hebrews 9:12 Or blood, having obtained
- Hebrews 9:14 Or from useless rituals
- Hebrews 9:16 Same Greek word as covenant; also in verse 17
- Hebrews 9:20 Exodus 24:8
Hebrews 9
Living Bible
Hebrews 9
Living Bible
9 1-2 Now in that first agreement between God and his people there were rules for worship and there was a sacred tent down here on earth. Inside this place of worship there were two rooms. The first one contained the golden candlestick and a table with special loaves of holy bread upon it; this part was called the Holy Place. 3 Then there was a curtain, and behind the curtain was a room called the Holy of Holies. 4 In that room there were a golden incense-altar and the golden chest, called the ark of the covenant, completely covered on all sides with pure gold. Inside the ark were the tablets of stone with the Ten Commandments written on them, and a golden jar with some manna in it, and Aaron’s wooden cane that budded. 5 Above the golden chest were statues of angels called the cherubim—the guardians of God’s glory—with their wings stretched out over the ark’s golden cover, called the mercy seat. But enough of such details.
6 Well, when all was ready, the priests went in and out of the first room whenever they wanted to, doing their work. 7 But only the high priest went into the inner room, and then only once a year, all alone, and always with blood that he sprinkled on the mercy seat as an offering to God to cover his own mistakes and sins and the mistakes and sins of all the people.
8 And the Holy Spirit uses all this to point out to us that under the old system the common people could not go into the Holy of Holies as long as the outer room and the entire system it represents were still in use.
9 This has an important lesson for us today. For under the old system, gifts and sacrifices were offered, but these failed to cleanse the hearts of the people who brought them. 10 For the old system dealt only with certain rituals—what foods to eat and drink, rules for washing themselves, and rules about this and that. The people had to keep these rules to tide them over until Christ came with God’s new and better way.
11 He came as High Priest of this better system that we now have. He went into that greater, perfect tabernacle in heaven, not made by men nor part of this world, 12 and once for all took blood into that inner room, the Holy of Holies, and sprinkled it on the mercy seat; but it was not the blood of goats and calves. No, he took his own blood, and with it he, by himself, made sure of our eternal salvation.
13 And if under the old system the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of young cows could cleanse men’s bodies from sin, 14 just think how much more surely the blood of Christ will transform our lives and hearts. His sacrifice frees us from the worry of having to obey the old rules and makes us want to serve the living God. For by the help of the eternal Holy Spirit, Christ willingly gave himself to God to die for our sins—he being perfect, without a single sin or fault. 15 Christ came with this new agreement so that all who are invited may come and have forever all the wonders God has promised them. For Christ died to rescue them from the penalty of the sins they had committed while still under that old system.
16 Now, if someone dies and leaves a will—a list of things to be given away to certain people when he dies—no one gets anything until it is proved that the person who wrote the will is dead. 17 The will goes into effect only after the death of the person who wrote it. While he is still alive no one can use it to get any of those things he has promised them.
18 That is why blood was sprinkled as proof of Christ’s death[a] before even the first agreement could go into effect. 19 For after Moses had given the people all of God’s laws, he took the blood of calves and goats, along with water, and sprinkled the blood over the book of God’s laws and over all the people, using branches of hyssop bushes and scarlet wool to sprinkle with. 20 Then he said, “This is the blood that marks the beginning of the agreement between you and God, the agreement God commanded me to make with you.” 21 And in the same way he sprinkled blood on the sacred tent and on whatever instruments were used for worship. 22 In fact we can say that under the old agreement almost everything was cleansed by sprinkling it with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.
23 That is why the sacred tent down here on earth and everything in it—all copied from things in heaven—all had to be made pure by Moses in this way, by being sprinkled with the blood of animals. But the real things in heaven, of which these down here are copies, were made pure with far more precious offerings.
24 For Christ has entered into heaven itself to appear now before God as our Friend. It was not in the earthly place of worship that he did this, for that was merely a copy of the real temple in heaven. 25 Nor has he offered himself again and again, as the high priest down here on earth offers animal blood in the Holy of Holies each year. 26 If that had been necessary, then he would have had to die again and again, ever since the world began. But no! He came once for all, at the end of the age, to put away the power of sin forever by dying for us.
27 And just as it is destined that men die only once, and after that comes judgment, 28 so also Christ died only once as an offering for the sins of many people; and he will come again, but not to deal again with our sins.
This time he will come bringing salvation to all those who are eagerly and patiently waiting for him.
Footnotes
- Hebrews 9:18 as proof of Christ’s death, implied.
Hebrews 9
King James Version
Hebrews 9
King James Version
9 Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary.
2 For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary.
3 And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;
4 Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;
5 And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly.
6 Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God.
7 But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people:
8 The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing:
9 Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;
10 Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.
11 But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
13 For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:
14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
15 And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
16 For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.
17 For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.
18 Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.
19 For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,
20 Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you.
21 Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry.
22 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
23 It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
24 For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
25 Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others;
26 For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
28 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
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