Hebreos · Majority Standard Bible
Hebreos 11 Majority Standard Bible
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1 Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see.
1 ES pues la fe la sustancia de las cosas que se esperan, la demostración de las cosas que no se ven.
2 This is why the ancients were commended.
2 Porque por ella alcanzaron testimonio los antiguos.
3 By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.
3 Por la fe entendemos haber sido compuestos los siglos por la palabra de Dios, siendo hecho lo que se ve, de lo que no se veía.
4 By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous when God gave approval to his gifts. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.
4 Por la fe Abel ofreció á Dios mayor sacrificio que Caín, por la cual alcanzó testimonio de que era justo, dando Dios testimonio á sus presentes; y difunto, aun habla por ella.
5 By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.” For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.
5 Por la fe Enoc fué traspuesto para no ver muerte, y no fué hallado, porque lo traspuso Dios. Y antes que fuese traspuesto, tuvo testimonio de haber agradado á Dios.
6 And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.
6 Empero sin fe es imposible agradar á Dios; porque es menester que el que á Dios se allega, crea que le hay, y que es galardonador de los que le buscan.
7 By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
7 Por la fe Noé, habiendo recibido respuesta de cosas que aun no se veían, con temor aparejó el arca en que su casa se salvase: por la cual [fe] condenó al mundo, y fué hecho heredero de la justicia que es por la fe.
8 By faith Abraham, when called to go to the place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.
8 Por la fe Abraham, siendo llamado, obedeció para salir al lugar que había de recibir por heredad; y salió sin saber dónde iba.
9 By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.
9 Por fe habitó en la tierra prometida como en [tierra] ajena, morando en cabañas con Isaac y Jacob, herederos juntamente de la misma promesa:
10 For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
10 Porque esperaba ciudad con fundamentos, el artífice y hacedor de la cual es Dios.
11 By faith Sarah, even though she was beyond the proper age, received power and was enabled to conceive a child, because she considered Him faithful who had promised.
11 Por la fe también la misma Sara, siendo estéril, recibió fuerza para concebir simiente; y parió aun fuera del tiempo de la edad, porque creyó ser fiel el que [lo] había prometido.
12 And so from one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.
12 Por lo cual también, de uno, y ése ya amortecido, salieron como las estrellas del cielo en multitud, y como la arena innumerable que está á la orilla de la mar.
13 All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
13 Conforme á la fe murieron todos éstos sin haber recibido las promesas, sino mirándolas de lejos, y creyéndolas, y saludándolas, y confesando que eran peregrinos y advenedizos sobre la tierra.
14 Now those who say such things show that they are seeking a country of their own.
14 Porque los que esto dicen, claramente dan á entender que buscan una patria.
15 If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.
15 Que si se acordaran de aquella de donde salieron, cierto tenían tiempo para volverse:
16 Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.
16 Empero deseaban la mejor, es á saber, la celestial; por lo cual Dios no se avergüenza de llamarse Dios de ellos: porque les había aparejado ciudad.
17 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac on the altar. He who had received the promises was ready to offer his one and only son,
17 Por fe ofreció Abraham á Isaac cuando fué probado, y ofrecía al unigénito el que había recibido las promesas,
18 even though God had said to him, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”
18 Habiéndole sido dicho: En Isaac te será llamada simiente:
19 Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and in a sense, he did receive Isaac back from death.
19 Pensando que aun de los muertos [es] Dios poderoso para levantar; de donde también le volvió á recibir por figura.
20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.
20 Por fe bendijo Isaac á Jacob y á Esaú respecto á cosas que habían de ser.
21◆ By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.
21 Por fe Jacob, muriéndose, bendijo á cada uno de los hijos de José, y adoró [estribando] sobre la punta de su bordón.
22 By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites and gave instructions about his bones.
22 Por fe José, muriéndose, se acordó de la partida de los hijos de Israel; y dió mandamiento acerca de sus huesos.
23 By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three months after his birth, because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were unafraid of the king’s edict.
23 Por fe Moisés, nacido, fué escondido de sus padres por tres meses, porque le vieron hermoso niño; y no temieron el mandamiento del rey.
24 By faith Moses, when he was grown, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter.
24 Por fe Moisés, hecho ya grande, rehusó ser llamado hijo de la hija de Faraón;
25 He chose to suffer oppression with God’s people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin.
25 Escogiendo antes ser afligido con el pueblo de Dios, que gozar de comodidades temporales de pecado.
26 He valued disgrace for Christ above the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to his reward.
26 Teniendo por mayores riquezas el vituperio de Cristo que los tesoros de los Egipcios; porque miraba á la remuneración.
27 By faith Moses left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw Him who is invisible.
27 Por fe dejó á Egipto, no temiendo la ira del rey; porque se sostuvo como viendo al Invisible.
28 By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch Israel’s own firstborn.
28 Por fe celebró la pascua y el derramamiento de la sangre, para que el que mataba los primogénitos no los tocase.
29 By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to follow, they were drowned.
29 Por fe pasaron el mar Bermejo como por tierra seca: lo cual probando los Egipcios, fueron sumergidos.
30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the people had marched around them for seven days.
30 Por fe cayeron los muros de Jericó con rodearlos siete días.
31 By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies in peace, did not perish with those who were disobedient.
31 Por fe Rahab la ramera no pereció juntamente con los incrédulos, habiendo recibido á los espías con paz.
32 And what more shall I say? Time will not allow me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets,
32 ¿Y qué más digo? porque el tiempo me faltará contando de Gedeón, de Barac, de Samsón, de Jephté, de David, de Samuel, y de los profetas:
33 who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions,
33 Que por fe ganaron reinos, obraron justicia, alcanzaron promesas, taparon las bocas de leones,
34 quenched the raging fire, and escaped the edge of the sword; who gained strength from weakness, became mighty in battle, and put foreign armies to flight.
34 Apagaron fuegos impetuosos, evitaron filo de cuchillo, convalecieron de enfermedades, fueron hechos fuertes en batallas, trastornaron campos de extraños.
35 Women received back their dead, raised to life again. Others were tortured and refused their release, so that they might gain a better resurrection.
35 Las mujeres recibieron sus muertos por resurrección; unos fueron estirados, no aceptando el rescate, para ganar mejor resurrección;
36 Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.
36 Otros experimentaron vituperios y azotes; y á más de esto prisiones y cárceles;
37 They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were put to the test, they were put to death by the sword. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, oppressed, and mistreated.
37 Fueron apedreados, aserrados, tentados, muertos á cuchillo; anduvieron de acá para allá [cubiertos] de pieles de ovejas y de cabras, pobres, angustiados, maltratados;
38 The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and hid in caves and holes in the ground.
38 De los cuales el mundo no era digno; perdidos por los desiertos, por los montes, por las cuevas y por las cavernas de la tierra.
39 These were all commended for their faith, yet they did not receive what was promised.
39 Y todos éstos, aprobados por testimonio de la fe, no recibieron la promesa;
40 God had planned something better for us, so that together with us they would be made perfect.
40 Proveyendo Dios alguna cosa mejor para nosotros, para que no fuesen perfeccionados sin nosotros.
Personas y lugares de este capítulo
Del árbol genealógico y los mapas bíblicos de este sitio (en inglés), solo donde esas guías citan este capítulo.
Personas
Abel
A shepherd whose faithful offering pleased God, murdered by his own brother.
Citado en la guía: Genesis 4; Hebrews 11:4
Enoch
He walked with God, and was not, for God took him — he did not die.
Citado en la guía: Genesis 5:21–24; Hebrews 11:5
Rahab
The woman of Jericho who hid the spies and became mother of Boaz.
Citado en la guía: Joshua 2, 6; Matthew 1:5; Hebrews 11:31
Referencias cruzadas (40)
Pasajes relacionados con cada versículo, del Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, tal como los reúnen y ordenan los lectores de OpenBible.info.
- 1 2 Corintios 5:7; 2 Corintios 4:18; Romanos 8:24–25; Hebreos 11:7; Hebreos 10:22
- 2 Hebreos 11:39; Hebreos 11:4
- 3 Salmo 33:6; 2 Pedro 3:5; Juan 1:3; Romanos 4:17; Hechos 17:24
- 4 Génesis 4:3–5; 1 Juan 3:11–12; Hebreos 12:24; Proverbios 15:8; Génesis 4:10
- 5 Génesis 5:21–24; Judas 14; Hebreos 11:6; 2 Reyes 2:11; Apocalipsis 11:9–12
- 6 Proverbios 8:17; Jeremías 29:13–14; Mateo 6:33; 1 Crónicas 28:9; Salmo 105:3–4
- 7 Génesis 6:13–7:1; 1 Pedro 3:20; Ezequiel 14:14; Lucas 17:26; Romanos 4:13
- 8 Génesis 12:1–4; Hechos 7:2–4; Mateo 7:24–25; Génesis 15:7–8; Génesis 22:18
- 9 Génesis 12:8; Génesis 13:18; Génesis 13:3; Hechos 7:5–6; Hebreos 6:17
- 10 Hebreos 13:14; Filipenses 3:20; 2 Corintios 5:1; Hebreos 12:22; Juan 14:2
- 11 Hebreos 10:23; Romanos 4:20–21; Génesis 18:11–14; Génesis 21:1–2; Lucas 1:36
- 12 Génesis 22:17; Génesis 32:12; Oseas 1:10; Génesis 15:5; Jeremías 33:22
- 13 Génesis 23:4; Salmo 39:12; Hebreos 11:27; Romanos 8:24; Hebreos 11:39
- 14 2 Corintios 4:18–5:7; Romanos 8:23–25; Hebreos 13:14; Hebreos 11:16; Filipenses 1:23
- 15 Génesis 24:6–8; Génesis 12:10
- 16 Hebreos 13:14; Filipenses 3:20; Hebreos 11:10; Mateo 25:34; Juan 14:2
- 17 Génesis 22:16; Santiago 2:21–24; Génesis 22:1–12; Santiago 5:11; 1 Pedro 1:6–7
- 18 Génesis 21:12; Romanos 9:7; Génesis 17:19
- 19 Romanos 4:17–21; Mateo 9:28; Efesios 3:20; Génesis 22:13; Génesis 22:4–5
- 20 Génesis 27:27–40; Génesis 28:2–3
- 21 Génesis 47:31–48:1; Génesis 48:5–22
- 22 Éxodo 13:19; Génesis 50:24–25; Josué 24:32; Hechos 7:16
- 23 Éxodo 1:22; Éxodo 1:16; Hebreos 13:6; Éxodo 2:2–10; Mateo 10:28
- 24 Éxodo 2:10–11; Hechos 7:21–24
- 25 Salmo 84:10; 2 Timoteo 2:3–10; Job 36:21; 1 Pedro 4:12–16; 2 Corintios 5:17
- 26 Hebreos 10:35; Hebreos 11:6; 1 Pedro 4:14; Mateo 5:12; 2 Corintios 6:10
- 27 2 Corintios 4:18; Hebreos 11:13; Éxodo 2:14–15; Hebreos 11:1; Éxodo 4:19
- 28 Éxodo 12:21–30; Hebreos 9:19; 1 Pedro 1:2; Hebreos 12:24; Éxodo 12:3–14
- 29 Éxodo 14:13–15:21; Salmo 106:9–11; Salmo 78:13; Habacuc 3:8–10; Isaías 63:11–16
- 30 Josué 6:3–20; 2 Corintios 10:4–5
- 31 Santiago 2:25; Josué 6:22–25; Mateo 1:5; Josué 2:1–24; Mateo 1:1
- 32 1 Samuel 16:1; 1 Samuel 1:20; 1 Samuel 16:13; Jueces 13:1–16; Jueces 11:1–12
- 33 Hebreos 6:12–15; Salmo 144:1–2; 2 Timoteo 4:17; Hebreos 10:36; Hebreos 11:4–8
- 34 1 Samuel 17:51–52; 2 Reyes 6:16–18; Salmo 144:10; Jueces 15:8; 2 Crónicas 32:20–22
- 35 2 Reyes 4:27–37; 1 Reyes 17:22–24; Filipenses 3:11; Hechos 9:41; 1 Corintios 15:54
- 36 Jeremías 20:2; Génesis 39:20; Jeremías 37:15–21; 2 Crónicas 30:10; 2 Crónicas 16:10
- 37 2 Crónicas 24:21; Jeremías 26:23; 1 Reyes 19:10; 1 Reyes 21:13–15; 2 Reyes 1:8
- 38 1 Reyes 18:4; 1 Samuel 22:1; 1 Reyes 19:9; Isaías 57:1; 1 Samuel 24:1–3
- 39 Lucas 10:23–24; Hebreos 11:13; Hebreos 11:2; 1 Pedro 1:12
- 40 Apocalipsis 6:11; Hebreos 8:6; Hebreos 10:11–14; Hebreos 5:9; Hebreos 7:19
Referencias cruzadas: OpenBible.info (CC BY), tomadas sobre todo del Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (dominio público). · Fuentes y licencias
¿Por qué mi Biblia dice algo distinto?
- Hebreos 11:21 y Génesis 47:31: ¿el bastón de Jacob o la cama de Jacob?
En el texto hebreo de Génesis 47:31, Israel se inclina «sobre la cabecera de la cama». En la Septuaginta se inclina «sobre la punta de su bastón», y Hebreos 11:21 cita el griego. Las consonantes hebreas pueden leerse de ambas maneras; solo las vocales, añadidas más tarde, deciden. La Iglesia ortodoxa lee «bastón», y san Juan Damasceno usó el versículo al defender la veneración de las cosas santas.
Lo que dijeron los Padres
Pasajes de los Padres de la Iglesia que comentan o citan este capítulo, tal como aparecen en la edición de Schaff (traducciones inglesas del siglo XIX, de dominio público). Los textos están en inglés.
Cómo se eligieron
«Comentario» es el comienzo de una homilía o exposición sobre este capítulo (homilías de san Juan Crisóstomo; tratados, sermones y comentarios a los Salmos de san Agustín). «Cita» es una frase en la que las notas de la propia edición identifican la cita de un versículo de este capítulo; solo se conserva si el texto coincide con el versículo. Solo se usan obras de autoría segura. Los Salmos siguen la numeración hebrea (Agustín usa la de los Setenta: su Salmo 50 es aquí el 51).
Faith needs a generous and vigorous soul, and one rising above all things of sense, and passing beyond the weakness of human reasonings. For it is not possible to become a believer, otherwise than by raising one's self above the common customs [of the world].
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 14 (1889)
Let us take (for instance) Enoch, who, being found righteous in obedience, was translated, and death was never known to happen to him. Noah, being found faithful, preached regeneration to the world through his ministry; and the Lord saved by him the animals which, with one accord, entered into the ark.
… those places and times--being itself the while the same always and everywhere, not one thing in one place, and another in another; according to which Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and Moses, and David, and all those commended by the mouth of God were righteous, but were judged unrighteous by foolish men, judging out of man's judgment, and gauging by …
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
… how he saith, "They that say these things, show plainly that they seek a country; and truly if they had been mindful of that from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned: but now they desire another, a better country." And again, "These all died in faith, not having obtained the promises, but having seen …
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
The lesson also which was read to-day invites you to the true faith, by setting before you the way in which you also must please God: for it affirms that without faith it is impossible to please Him.
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)