Biblia Platense (Straubinger) · Catholic Public Domain Version
Hebreos 8
1Lo capital de lo dicho es que tenemos un Pontífice tal que está sentado a la diestra del trono de la Majestad en los cielos; Now the main point in the things that have been stated is this: that we have so great a High Priest, who is seated at the right hand of the throne of Majesty in the heavens,2ministro del santuario y del verdadero tabernáculo, que hizo el Señor y no el hombre. who is the minister of holy things, and of the true tabernacle, which was established by the Lord, not by man.3Ahora bien, todo Pontífice es constituido para ofrecer dones y víctimas; por lo cual también Este debe necesariamente tener algo que ofrecer. For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices. Therefore, it is necessary for him also to have something to offer.4Si pues Él habitase sobre la tierra, ni siquiera podría ser sacerdote, pues hay ya quienes ofrecen dones según la Ley; And so, if he were upon the earth, he would not be a priest, since there would be others to offer gifts according to the law,5los cuales dan culto en figura y sombra de las realidades celestiales, según le fue significado a Moisés cuando se puso a construir el Tabernáculo: “Mira, le dice, que hagas todas las cosas conforme al modelo que te ha sido mostrado en el monte”. gifts which serve as mere examples and shadows of the heavenly things. And so it was answered to Moses, when he was about to complete the tabernacle: “See to it,” he said, “that you make everything according to the example which was revealed to you on the mountain.”6Mas ahora Él ha alcanzado tanto más excelso ministerio cuanto mejor es la alianza de que es mediador, alianza establecida sobre mejores promesas. But now he has been granted a better ministry, so much so that he is also the Mediator of a better testament, which has been confirmed by better promises.7Porque si aquella primera hubiese sido sin defecto, no se habría buscado lugar para una segunda. For if the former one had been entirely without fault, then a place certainly would not have been sought for a subsequent one.8Pues en son de reproche les dice: “He aquí que vienen días, dice el Señor, en que concluiré una alianza nueva con la casa de Israel y con la casa de Judá; For, finding fault with them, he says: “Behold, the days shall arrive, says the Lord, when I will consummate a New Testament over the house of Israel and the house of Judah,9o como el pacto que hice con sus padres el día que los tomé de la mano, para sacarlos de la tierra de Egipto; pues ellos no perseveraron en mi pacto, por lo cual Yo los abandoné, dice el Señor. not according to the testament which I made with their fathers, on the day when I took them by the hand, so that I might lead them away from the land of Egypt. For they did not remain in my testament, and so I disregarded them, says the Lord.10Porque esta es la alianza que haré con la casa de Israel, después de aquellos días, dice el Señor: Pondré mis leyes en su mente, y, las escribiré en su corazón; Yo seré su Dios, y ellos serán mi pueblo; For this is the testament which I will set before the house of Israel, after those days, says the Lord. I will instill my laws in their minds, and I will inscribe my laws on their hearts. And so, I will be their God, and they shall be my people.11y no enseñará más cada uno a su vecino, ni cada cual a su hermano, diciendo: Conoce al Señor; porque todos me conocerán, desde el menor hasta el mayor de ellos, And they will not teach, each one his neighbor, and each one his brother, saying: ‘Know the Lord.’ For all shall know me, from the least, even to the greatest of them.12pues tendré misericordia de sus iniquidades y de sus pecados no me acordaré más”. For I will forgive their iniquities, and I will no longer remember their sins.”13Al decir una (alianza) nueva, declara anticuada la primera; de modo que lo que se hace anticuado y envejece está próximo a desaparecer. Now in saying something new, he has made the former old. But that which decays and grows old is close to passing away.