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1 Por eso, también nosotros, que estamos rodeados de tantos testigos, dejemos a un lado lo que nos estorba, en especial el pecado que nos molesta, y corramos con paciencia 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 Mantengamos fija la mirada en Jesús, pues de él viene nuestra fe y él es quien la perfecciona. Él, por el gozo que le esperaba, soportó la cruz y no le dio importancia a la vergüenza que eso significaba, y ahora está sentado 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 Por eso, piensen en el ejemplo que él nos dejó, pues siguió adelante a pesar de tanta oposición por parte de los pecadores. Por tanto, no se cansen ni pierdan el ánimo,

3 For consider him who has endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, that you don’t grow weary, fainting in your souls.

4 ya que en la lucha que ustedes tienen contra el pecado, todavía no han tenido que resistir hasta derramar su sangre.

4 You have not yet resisted to blood, striving against sin.

5 Acaso han olvidado ya las palabras de aliento que como a hijos se les dirige: «Hijo mío, no tomes como algo sin importancia la disciplina del Señor ni te desalientes cuando te reprenda,

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 a los que ama, y azota a todo aquel a quien recibe como hijo».

6 for whom the Lord loves, he disciplines, and chastises every son whom he receives.”

7 Lo que ustedes están sufriendo es para disciplinarlos, pues Dios los está tratando como a hijos.

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 Si a ustedes no los disciplinan como se disciplina a todo hijo, entonces ustedes no son verdaderamente hijos.

8 But if you are without discipline, of which all have been made partakers, then you are illegitimate, and not children.

9 Por otra parte, nuestros padres humanos nos disciplinaban y los respetábamos. ¡Con cuánta mayor razón debemos someternos al Padre de los espíritus, para que tengamos vida!

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 Nuestros padres nos disciplinaban por breve tiempo, de acuerdo con lo que a ellos les parecía mejor; pero Dios lo hace para nuestro bien, para que seamos santos como él.

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 Por supuesto que ninguna disciplina parece agradable al momento de recibirla; más bien duele. Sin embargo, si aprendemos la lección, los que hemos sido disciplinados tendremos justicia y paz.

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 En fin, renueven las fuerzas de sus manos cansadas y de sus rodillas debilitadas.

12 Therefore lift up the hands that hang down and the feeble knees,

13 «Hagan caminos rectos para sus pies», para que la pierna coja no se tuerza, sino que sane.

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 lleven una vida santa, pues sin santidad nadie verá al Señor.

14 Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,

15 Asegúrense de que a nadie le falte el amor de Dios; de que ninguna raíz amarga brote y cause problemas y envenene a muchos.

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 nadie ande en pecados sexuales ni desprecie a Dios como lo hizo Esaú. Pues él, por un solo plato de comida, vendió sus derechos de hijo mayor.

16 lest there be any sexually immoral person or profane person, like Esau, who sold his birthright for one meal.

17 Y después, como ustedes ya saben, quiso heredar esa bendición, ¡pero fue rechazado!; y, aunque con lágrimas buscó la bendición, no se le dio oportunidad de arrepentirse.

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 acercaron a una montaña que se podía tocar y que ardía en fuego, donde había oscuridad, tinieblas y tormenta;

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 oyeron el sonido de trompeta ni la voz que, cuando hablaba, los que la oyeron rogaron que no 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 la orden que decía: «Deben apedrear o matar con lanzas a todo aquel que toque la montaña, aunque sea un animal».

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 vieron, que Moisés dijo: «Estoy temblando de miedo».

21 So fearful was the appearance that Moses said, “I am terrified and trembling.”

22 Ustedes, por el contrario, se han acercado al monte Sion, a la Jerusalén celestial, la ciudad del Dios viviente. Se han acercado a la reunión de millares de ángeles,

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 iglesia de los primogénitos inscritos en el cielo. Se han acercado a Dios, el Juez de todos; a los espíritus de los justos que han llegado a la perfección.

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 Se han acercado a Jesús, el mediador del nuevo pacto, y a la sangre rociada, que habla con más fuerza 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 Tengan cuidado de no rechazar al que habla, pues si no escaparon aquellos que rechazaron al que les llamaba la atención en la tierra, mucho menos escaparemos nosotros si le damos la espalda al que nos llama la atención desde el cielo.

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 En aquella ocasión, su voz hizo temblar la tierra. Pero ahora ha prometido: «Una vez más haré que tiemble no sólo 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 Cuando dice: «una vez más» se entiende que quitará las cosas creadas, las que se pueden mover, para que permanezca lo que no se puede alterar.

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 nosotros, que estamos recibiendo un reino que no se puede alterar, seamos agradecidos. Y porque estamos agradecidos, adoremos a Dios como a él le gusta, con honra y reverencia.

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.

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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).

Commentary 12:4 John Chrysostom, Homilies on Hebrews (Homily XXIX)
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)
Quotes verse 12:6 Clement of Rome, First Epistle to the Corinthians (Chapters LIII–LVIII)
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 …
Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)
Quotes verse 12:14 Augustine of Hippo, The City of God (Book XV, Chapters 3–5)
… 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)
Quotes verse 12:18 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily II)
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)
Quotes verse 12:16 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture IV)
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)

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