Hebrews 10
English Standard Version
Christ's Sacrifice Once for All
10 For since the law has but (A)a shadow (B)of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, (C)it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near. 2 Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers, having once been cleansed, would no longer have any consciousness of sins? 3 But (D)in these sacrifices (E)there is a reminder of sins every year. 4 For (F)it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
5 Consequently, (G)when Christ[a] came into the world, he said,
(H)“Sacrifices and offerings you have not desired,
    but a body have you prepared for me;
6 in burnt offerings and sin offerings
    you have taken no pleasure.
7 Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come to do your will, O God,
    as it is written of me in the scroll of the book.’”
8 When he said above, “You have neither desired nor taken pleasure in (I)sacrifices and offerings and burnt offerings and sin offerings” (these are offered according to the law), 9 then he added, (J)“Behold, I have come to do your will.” He does away with the first in order to establish the second. 10 And by that will (K)we have been sanctified through the offering of (L)the body of Jesus Christ (M)once for all.
11 And every priest stands (N)daily at his service, (O)offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, (P)which can never take away sins. 12 But when Christ[b] had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he (Q)sat down at the right hand of God, 13 waiting from that time (R)until his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet. 14 For by a single offering (S)he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.
15 And the Holy Spirit also bears witness to us; for after saying,
16 (T)“This is the covenant that I will make with them
    after those days, declares the Lord:
I will put my laws on their hearts,
    and write them on their minds,”
17 then he adds,
(U)“I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more.”
18 Where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin.
The Full Assurance of Faith
19 (V)Therefore, brothers,[c] since we have confidence to enter (W)the holy places by the blood of Jesus, 20 by (X)the new and living way that he opened for us through (Y)the curtain, that is, through his flesh, 21 and since we have (Z)a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts (AA)sprinkled clean (AB)from an evil conscience and our bodies (AC)washed with pure water. 23 (AD)Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for (AE)he who promised is faithful. 24 And (AF)let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, 25 (AG)not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and (AH)all the more as you see (AI)the Day drawing near.
26 For (AJ)if we go on sinning deliberately (AK)after receiving the knowledge of the truth, (AL)there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27 (AM)but a fearful expectation of judgment, and (AN)a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries. 28 (AO)Anyone who has set aside the law of Moses dies without mercy (AP)on the evidence of two or three witnesses. 29 How much worse punishment, do you think, will be deserved by the one (AQ)who has trampled underfoot the Son of God, and has profaned (AR)the blood of the covenant (AS)by which he was sanctified, and has (AT)outraged the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know him who said, (AU)“Vengeance is mine; I will repay.” And again, (AV)“The Lord will judge his people.” 31 (AW)It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
32 But recall the former days when, after (AX)you were enlightened, you endured (AY)a hard struggle with sufferings, 33 sometimes being (AZ)publicly exposed to reproach and affliction, and sometimes being partners with those so treated. 34 For (BA)you had compassion on those in prison, and (BB)you joyfully accepted the plundering of your property, since you knew that you yourselves had (BC)a better possession and an abiding one. 35 Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has (BD)a great reward. 36 For (BE)you have need of endurance, so that (BF)when you have done the will of God you may (BG)receive what is promised. 37 For,
(BH)“Yet a little while,
    and (BI)the coming one will come and will not delay;
38 (BJ)but my righteous one shall live by faith,
    and if he shrinks back,
my soul has no pleasure in him.”
39 But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.
Footnotes
- Hebrews 10:5 Greek he
- Hebrews 10:12 Greek this one
- Hebrews 10:19 Or brothers and sisters
Hebrews 10
Young's Literal Translation
10 For the law having a shadow of the coming good things -- not the very image of the matters, every year, by the same sacrifices that they offer continually, is never able to make perfect those coming near,
2 since, would they not have ceased to be offered, because of those serving having no more conscience of sins, having once been purified?
3 but in those [sacrifices] is a remembrance of sins every year,
4 for it is impossible for blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
5 Wherefore, coming into the world, he saith, `Sacrifice and offering Thou didst not will, and a body Thou didst prepare for me,
6 in burnt-offerings, and concerning sin-offerings, Thou didst not delight,
7 then I said, Lo, I come, (in a volume of the book it hath been written concerning me,) to do, O God, Thy will;'
8 saying above -- `Sacrifice, and offering, and burnt-offerings, and concerning sin-offering Thou didst not will, nor delight in,' -- which according to the law are offered --
9 then he said, `Lo, I come to do, O God, Thy will;' he doth take away the first that the second he may establish;
10 in the which will we are having been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once,
11 and every priest, indeed, hath stood daily serving, and the same sacrifices many times offering, that are never able to take away sins.
12 And He, for sin one sacrifice having offered -- to the end, did sit down on the right hand of God, --
13 as to the rest, expecting till He may place his enemies [as] his footstool,
14 for by one offering he hath perfected to the end those sanctified;
15 and testify to us also doth the Holy Spirit, for after that He hath said before,
16 `This [is] the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, giving My laws on their hearts, and upon their minds I will write them,'
17 and `their sins and their lawlessness I will remember no more;'
18 and where forgiveness of these [is], there is no more offering for sin.
19 Having, therefore, brethren, boldness for the entrance into the holy places, in the blood of Jesus,
20 which way he did initiate for us -- new and living, through the vail, that is, his flesh --
21 and a high priest over the house of God,
22 may we draw near with a true heart, in full assurance of faith, having the hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and having the body bathed with pure water;
23 may we hold fast the unwavering profession of the hope, (for faithful [is] He who did promise),
24 and may we consider one another to provoke to love and to good works,
25 not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as a custom of certain [is], but exhorting, and so much the more as ye see the day coming nigh.
26 For we -- willfully sinning after the receiving the full knowledge of the truth -- no more for sins doth there remain a sacrifice,
27 but a certain fearful looking for of judgment, and fiery zeal, about to devour the opposers;
28 any one who did set at nought a law of Moses, apart from mercies, by two or three witnesses, doth die,
29 of how much sorer punishment shall he be counted worthy who the Son of God did trample on, and the blood of the covenant did count a common thing, in which he was sanctified, and to the Spirit of the grace did despite?
30 for we have known Him who is saying, `Vengeance [is] Mine, I will recompense, saith the Lord;' and again, `The Lord shall judge His people;' --
31 fearful [is] the falling into the hands of a living God.
32 And call to your remembrance the former days, in which, having been enlightened, ye did endure much conflict of sufferings,
33 partly both with reproaches and tribulations being made spectacles, and partly having become partners of those so living,
34 for also with my bonds ye sympathised, and the robbery of your goods with joy ye did receive, knowing that ye have in yourselves a better substance in the heavens, and an enduring one.
35 Ye may not cast away, then, your boldness, which hath great recompense of reward,
36 for of patience ye have need, that the will of God having done, ye may receive the promise,
37 for yet a very very little, He who is coming will come, and will not tarry;
38 and `the righteous by faith shall live,' and `if he may draw back, My soul hath no pleasure in him,'
39 and we are not of those drawing back to destruction, but of those believing to a preserving of soul.
Hebreos 10
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El sacrificio de Cristo, ofrecido una vez y para siempre
10 La ley es sólo una sombra de los bienes que están por venir y no la realidad misma de esos bienes. Por eso, la ley nunca puede hacer perfectos a los que adoran por medio de los mismos sacrificios, año tras año sin cesar. 2 Si hubiera podido, ya habrían dejado de ofrecerse sacrificios, pues los que adoran, purificados de una vez por todas, ya no se sentirían culpables de pecado. 3 Pero esos sacrificios son un recordatorio, cada año, de sus pecados, 4 porque es imposible que la sangre de los toros y de los chivos quite los pecados.
5 Por eso Cristo, al entrar en el mundo, dijo:
«Tú no quieres sacrificios ni ofrendas; por eso, me has dado un cuerpo. 6 No te agradan los holocaustos ni los sacrificios por los pecados. 7 Por eso dije: “Aquí me tienes”, como está escrito de mí en el libro: “He venido para hacer tu voluntad, oh Dios”».
8 Al principio dijo: «No quieres ni te agradan los sacrificios por los pecados ni las ofrendas y holocaustos» (a pesar de que la ley exigía que se ofrecieran). 9 Y luego añadió: «Aquí estoy. He venido a hacer tu voluntad». Es decir, que quitó lo primero para establecer lo segundo. 10 Y como Jesucristo hizo la voluntad de Dios al sacrificar su propio cuerpo, una sola vez y para siempre, por eso nosotros somos santificados.
11 Todo sacerdote celebra el culto día tras día ofreciendo muchas veces los mismos sacrificios, que nunca pueden quitar los pecados. 12 Pero este sacerdote le ofreció a Dios por los pecados un solo sacrificio para siempre. Después se sentó a la derecha de Dios, 13 y allí esperará a que sus enemigos sean puestos bajo sus pies. 14 Porque con un solo sacrificio hizo perfectos para siempre a los que está santificando. 15 También el Espíritu Santo lo confirma cuando dice:
16 «Este es el pacto que haré con ellos después de aquellos días, —dice el Señor: Pondré mis leyes en su corazón y las escribiré en su mente».
17 Luego añade:
«Y nunca más me acordaré de sus pecados y maldades».
18 Y cuando los pecados han sido perdonados, ya no es necesario ofrecer ningún otro sacrificio por ellos.
Llamada a la perseverancia
19 Por eso, amados hermanos, gracias a la sangre de Jesucristo podemos entrar libremente en el Lugar Santísimo. 20 Jesús nos ha abierto un camino nuevo y vivo a través de la cortina, es decir, a través de su cuerpo. 21 Además, en él tenemos un gran sacerdote que está al frente de la familia de Dios. 22 Y puesto que es así, acerquémonos a Dios con corazón sincero y con la plena seguridad que da la fe, ya que en nuestro interior hemos sido purificados de una mala conciencia y exteriormente hemos sido lavados con agua pura. 23 Sigamos firmes en la esperanza que profesamos, porque él cumplirá la promesa que nos hizo.
24 Tratemos de ayudarnos unos a otros para animarnos al amor y a hacer el bien. 25 No dejemos de reunirnos, como algunos acostumbran hacer, sino animémonos unos a otros, y con mayor razón cuando vemos que aquel día se acerca.
26 Si después de haber conocido la verdad seguimos pecando, ya no queda ningún sacrificio por los pecados. 27 Lo único que nos queda es esperar con terror el juicio, el fuego ardiente con el que Dios destruirá a sus enemigos. 28 Por eso, cualquiera que desobedecía la ley de Moisés, y si así lo declaraban dos o tres testigos, moría sin remedio. 29 ¿No piensan ustedes que merece un mayor castigo el que haya pisoteado al Hijo de Dios?, ¿el que haya despreciado la sangre del pacto por la cual había sido santificado y que haya insultado así al Espíritu de gracia? 30 Sabemos que el Señor dijo: «Yo soy el que se vengará; yo pagaré». Y también dijo: «El Señor juzgará a su pueblo». 31 ¡Terrible cosa es caer en las manos del Dios viviente! 32 Recuerden los días pasados cuando ustedes, después de recibir la luz, tuvieron que soportar una dura lucha y muchos sufrimientos. 33 Hubo ocasiones en que los persiguieron e insultaron delante de la gente; y en otras se unieron a los que eran tratados de igual manera.
34 También tuvieron compasión de los que estaban en la cárcel, y cuando a ustedes les quitaron sus posesiones, lo aceptaron con alegría porque sabían que tenían un patrimonio mejor y más duradero. 35 Por eso, no pierdan la confianza, porque esta les traerá una gran recompensa. 36 Ustedes necesitan seguir confiando para que, después de haber cumplido la voluntad de Dios, reciban lo que él ha prometido. 37 Pues en poco tiempo, «el que tiene que venir vendrá, y no tardará. 38 Mi justo vivirá por la fe; pero si se vuelve atrás, no estaré contento con él».
39 Mas nosotros no somos de los que se vuelven atrás y terminan perdiéndose, sino de los que tienen fe y alcanzan la salvación.
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