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EL LIBRO DEL PUEBLO DE DIOS	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Este es el punto capital de lo que estamos diciendo: tenemos un Sumo Sacerdote tan grande que se sentó a la derecha del trono de la Majestad en el cielo.	1 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,
2 El es el ministro del Santuario y de la verdadera Morada, erigida no por un hombre, sino por el Señor.	2 who is the minister of holy things, and of the true tabernacle, which was established by the Lord, not by man.
3 Ahora bien, todo Sumo Sacerdote es constituido para presentar ofrendas y sacrificios; de ahí la necesidad de que tenga algo que ofrecer.	3 For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices. Therefore, it is necessary for him also to have something to offer.
4 Si Jesús estuviera en la tierra, no podría ser sacerdote, porque ya hay aquí otros sacerdotes que presentan las ofrendas de acuerdo con la Ley.	4 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,
5 Pero el culto que ellos celebran es una imagen y una sombra de las realidades celestiales, como Dios advirtió a Moisés cuando este iba a construir la Morada, diciéndole: Tienes que hacerlo todo conforme al modelo que te fue mostrado en la montaña.	5 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.”
6 Pero ahora, Cristo ha recibido un ministerio muy superior, porque es el mediador de una Alianza más excelente, fundada sobre promesas mejores.	6 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.
7 Porque si esta primera Alianza hubiera sido perfecta, no habría sido necesario sustituirla por otra.	7 For if the former one had been entirely without fault, then a place certainly would not have been sought for a subsequent one.
8 En cambio, Dios hizo al pueblo este reproche: "Llegarán los días –dice el Señor– en que haré una Nueva Alianza con la casa de Israel y la casa de Judá,	8 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,
9 no como aquella que hice con sus padres el día en que los tomé de la mano para sacarlos de Egipto. Ya que ellos no permanecieron fieles a mi Alianza, yo me despreocupé de ellos –dice el Señor–:	9 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.
10 Y ésta es la Alianza que estableceré con la casa de Israel después de aquellos días –dice el Señor–: Pondré mis leyes en su conciencia, las grabaré en su corazón; yo seré su Dios y ellos serán mi Pueblo.	10 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.
11 Entonces nadie tendrá que instruir a su compatriota ni a su hermano, diciendo: «Conoce al Señor»; porque todos me conocerán, desde el más pequeño al más grande.	11 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.
12 Porque yo perdonaré sus iniquidades y no me acordaré más de sus pecados".	12 For I will forgive their iniquities, and I will no longer remember their sins.”
13 Al hablar de una Nueva Alianza, Dios declara anticuada la primera, y lo que es viejo y anticuado está a punto de desaparecer.	13 Now in saying something new, he has made the former old. But that which decays and grows old is close to passing away.