Hebrews · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Hebrews 12 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 Por tanto, nosotros también, teniendo alrededor una nube tan grande de testigos, quitémonos todo peso y el pecado que tan fácilmente nos enreda, y corramos con perseverancia la carrera que tenemos por delante.
1 Therefore let’s also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let’s run with perseverance the race that is set before us,
2 Fijemos la mirada en Jesús, el autor y perfeccionador de nuestra fe. Por el gozo puesto delante de él, soportó la cruz, despreciando la vergüenza, y se sentó a la derecha del trono de Dios.
2 looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
3 Consideren a aquel que soportó tanta oposición de pecadores contra sí mismo, para que no se cansen ni se desanimen en su alma.
3 For consider him who has endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, that you don’t grow weary, fainting in your souls.
4 Ustedes todavía no han resistido hasta derramar sangre en su lucha contra el pecado.
4 You have not yet resisted to blood, striving against sin.
5 Y han olvidado la exhortación que se les dirige como a hijos: Hijo mío, no menosprecies la disciplina del Señor, ni te desanimes cuando él te corrige.
5 You have forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as with children, “My son, don’t take lightly the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are reproved by him;
6 Porque el Señor disciplina al que ama, y azota a todo el que recibe como hijo.
6 for whom the Lord loves, he disciplines, and chastises every son whom he receives.”
7 Si soportan la disciplina, Dios los trata como hijos. Porque ¿qué hijo hay a quien su padre no disciplina?
7 It is for discipline that you endure. God deals with you as with children, for what son is there whom his father doesn’t discipline?
8 Pero si ustedes no reciben disciplina, de la cual todos participan, entonces son hijos ilegítimos, y no hijos verdaderos.
8 But if you are without discipline, of which all have been made partakers, then you are illegitimate, and not children.
9 Además, tuvimos padres humanos que nos disciplinaban, y los respetábamos. ¿No nos sujetaremos mucho más al Padre de los espíritus, para vivir?
9 Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live?
10 Ellos nos disciplinaban por pocos días, según les parecía bien; pero Dios nos disciplina para nuestro bien, para que participemos de su santidad.
10 For they indeed for a few days disciplined us as seemed good to them, but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.
11 Ninguna disciplina parece agradable en el momento, sino dolorosa. Pero después produce fruto de paz y justicia en los que han sido entrenados por ella.
11 All chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
12 Por tanto, levanten las manos caídas y fortalezcan las rodillas débiles.
12 Therefore lift up the hands that hang down and the feeble knees,
13 Hagan caminos rectos para sus pies, para que lo cojo no se salga del camino, sino que sea sanado.
13 and make straight paths for your feet, so what is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed.
14 Busquen la paz con todos, y la santidad, sin la cual nadie verá al Señor.
14 Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,
15 Tengan cuidado de que nadie deje de alcanzar la gracia de Dios; que ninguna raíz de amargura brote y cause problemas, y que por ella muchos sean contaminados.
15 looking carefully lest there be any man who falls short of the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you and many be defiled by it,
16 Que no haya ningún inmoral sexual ni profano, como Esaú, que por una sola comida vendió su derecho de primogénito.
16 lest there be any sexually immoral person or profane person, like Esau, who sold his birthright for one meal.
17 Ustedes saben que después, cuando quiso heredar la bendición, fue rechazado, porque no halló lugar para el arrepentimiento, aunque la buscó con lágrimas.
17 For you know that even when he afterward desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for a change of mind though he sought it diligently with tears.
18 Ustedes no se han acercado a un monte que se puede tocar, ni al fuego encendido, ni a oscuridad, tinieblas y tempestad,
18 For you have not come to a mountain that might be touched and that burned with fire, and to blackness, darkness, storm,
19 ni al sonido de trompeta, ni a la voz que hablaba. Los que la oyeron rogaron que no se les hablara más,
19 the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which those who heard it begged that not one more word should be spoken to them,
20 porque no podían soportar lo que se mandaba: Si aun una bestia toca el monte, será apedreada.
20 for they could not stand that which was commanded, “If even an animal touches the mountain, it shall be stoned”.
21 Tan terrible era lo que se veía, que Moisés dijo: Estoy temblando de miedo.
21 So fearful was the appearance that Moses said, “I am terrified and trembling.”
22 Pero ustedes se han acercado al monte Sion, a la ciudad del Dios viviente, la Jerusalén celestial, a innumerables ángeles en reunión festiva,
22 But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable multitudes of angels,
23 a la congregación de los primogénitos inscritos en los cielos, a Dios, el Juez de todos, a los espíritus de los justos hechos perfectos,
23 to the festal gathering and assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect,
24 a Jesús, mediador del nuevo pacto, y a la sangre rociada, que habla mejor que la sangre de Abel.
24 to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better than that of Abel.
25 Miren que no rechacen al que habla. Porque si no escaparon los que rechazaron al que los advertía en la tierra, mucho menos escaparemos nosotros si nos apartamos del que nos habla desde los cielos.
25 See that you don’t refuse him who speaks. For if they didn’t escape when they refused him who warned on the earth, how much more will we not escape who turn away from him who warns from heaven,
26 Su voz sacudió entonces la tierra; pero ahora ha prometido, diciendo: Una vez más sacudiré no solo la tierra, sino también el cielo.
26 whose voice shook the earth then, but now he has promised, saying, “Yet once more I will shake not only the earth, but also the heavens.”
27 Esta expresión, una vez más, indica que las cosas movibles serán quitadas, como cosas creadas, para que permanezcan las inconmovibles.
27 This phrase, “Yet once more” signifies the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that have been made, that those things which are not shaken may remain.
28 Así que, recibiendo nosotros un reino inconmovible, tengamos gratitud, y por medio de ella sirvamos a Dios de una manera que le agrade, con reverencia y temor.
28 Therefore, receiving a Kingdom that can’t be shaken, let’s have grace, through which we serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe,
29 Porque nuestro Dios es fuego consumidor.
29 for our God is a consuming fire.
Cross references (29)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 2 Timothy 4:7; 1 Corinthians 9:24–27; Philippians 2:16; Luke 21:34; Hebrews 10:35–39
- 2 Micah 7:7; 1 Peter 3:18; 1 Peter 2:23–24; Hebrews 1:3; Philippians 1:6
- 3 Galatians 6:9; 2 Corinthians 4:16; Revelation 2:3; 1 Corinthians 15:58; Hebrews 12:2
- 4 1 Corinthians 10:13; Revelation 2:13; Hebrews 10:32–34; Hebrews 12:2; Matthew 24:9
- 5 Proverbs 3:11–12; Job 5:17–18; Revelation 3:19; 1 Corinthians 11:32; Psalm 94:12
- 6 Revelation 3:19; Proverbs 3:12; Psalm 119:75; Proverbs 13:24; Psalm 94:12
- 7 Proverbs 19:18; Deuteronomy 8:5; Proverbs 13:24; Proverbs 29:15; Proverbs 29:17
- 8 Hebrews 12:6; 1 Peter 5:9–10; Psalm 73:1; Psalm 73:14–15
- 9 Numbers 16:22; Numbers 27:16; Isaiah 42:5; John 3:6; Job 12:10
- 10 2 Peter 1:4; Leviticus 11:44–45; Titus 2:14; Ephesians 5:26–27; Ezekiel 36:25–27
- 11 Romans 5:3–5; 2 Corinthians 4:17; Hebrews 12:5–6; 1 Peter 1:6; Hebrews 12:10
- 12 Isaiah 35:3; Hebrews 12:3; Job 4:3–4; 1 Thessalonians 5:14; Ezekiel 21:7
- 13 Proverbs 4:26–27; Galatians 6:1; Isaiah 35:3; Isaiah 35:6; Isaiah 40:3–4
- 14 2 Corinthians 7:1; 1 Peter 1:15–16; 1 Thessalonians 4:7; Matthew 5:8–9; 1 Peter 3:11
- 15 Hebrews 3:12; Deuteronomy 29:18; Galatians 5:4; 2 Corinthians 6:1; 2 John 8
- 16 Genesis 25:31–34; 1 Corinthians 6:15–20; Hebrews 13:4; Mark 7:21; Revelation 22:15
- 17 Proverbs 1:24–31; Matthew 25:11–12; Matthew 7:23; Hebrews 6:8; Hebrews 10:26–29
- 18 Deuteronomy 4:11; Exodus 24:17; Deuteronomy 5:22–26; Exodus 20:18; Romans 6:14
- 19 Deuteronomy 18:16; 1 Corinthians 15:52; Deuteronomy 4:12; Exodus 20:1–19; Deuteronomy 5:3–22
- 20 Exodus 19:12–13; Deuteronomy 33:2; Galatians 3:10; Galatians 2:19; Exodus 19:16
- 21 Exodus 19:16; Deuteronomy 9:19; Isaiah 6:3–5; Exodus 19:19; Psalm 119:120
- 22 Philippians 3:20; Galatians 4:26; Psalm 48:2; Revelation 14:1; Isaiah 51:11
- 23 James 1:18; Hebrews 11:40; Luke 10:20; Revelation 14:4; Exodus 4:22
- 24 Hebrews 9:15; Hebrews 11:28; Hebrews 8:6; Hebrews 11:4; Genesis 4:10
- 25 Hebrews 8:5; Hebrews 2:1–3; Deuteronomy 30:17; Zechariah 7:11; Proverbs 13:18
- 26 Haggai 2:6–7; Isaiah 13:13; Exodus 19:18; Isaiah 2:19; Joel 3:16
- 27 Matthew 24:35; 1 Corinthians 7:31; Revelation 21:1; 2 Peter 3:10–11; Revelation 11:15
- 28 Romans 12:1–2; Psalm 2:11; Hebrews 13:15; Daniel 2:44; Hebrews 4:16
- 29 Deuteronomy 4:24; Deuteronomy 9:3; Isaiah 66:15; 2 Thessalonians 1:8; Hebrews 10:27
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
There are two kinds of consolation, apparently opposed to one another, but yet contributing great strength each to the other; both of which he has here put forward.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 14 (1889)
For thus saith the holy Word: "The Lord hath severely chastened me, yet hath not given me over to death." "For whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom He receiveth." "The righteous," saith it, "shall chasten me in mercy, and reprove me; but let not the oil of sinners make fat my head." And again he …
… between thee and him alone." So too of sins which may create scandal the apostle says, "Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear." For this purpose, and that we may keep that peace without which no man can see the Lord, many precepts are given which carefully inculcate mutual forgiveness; among which we may number that …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
Since, if the Jews, when they were to approach "a mountain that burned, and fire, and blackness, and darkness, and tempest;" --or rather when they were not so much as to approach, but both to see and to hear these things from afar;--were commanded for three days before to abstain from their wives, and to wash their garments, and were …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
For you, brethren, a great crown is laid up: barter not away a great dignity for a petty pleasure: listen to the Apostle speaking: Lest there be any fornicator or profane person, as Esau, who for one mess of meat sold his own birthright.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)