Hebrews 6
1 Therefore, let us leave behind the elementary teaching about the Christ and press on to perfection, not always laying over again a foundation of repentance for a lifeless formality, of faith in God —
Por tanto dejemos las enseñanzas elementales de la doctrina de Cristo y avancemos hacia la perfección. No echemos otra vez [el] fundamento del arrepentimiento de obras muertas, de [la ]fe en Dios,
2 teaching concerning baptisms and the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead and a final judgment. (aiōnios g166)
de [la ]doctrina de bautismos, de [la ]imposición de manos, de [la ]resurrección de los muertos y del juicio eterno. (aiōnios g166)
3 Yes and, with God’s help, we will.
Esto haremos, si Dios permite.
4 For if those who were once for all brought into the Light, and learned to appreciate the gift from Heaven, and came to share in the Holy Spirit,
Porque es imposible que los que una vez fueron iluminados, probaron el don celestial, participaron del Espíritu Santo,
5 and learned to appreciate the beauty of the Divine Message, and the new powers of the Coming Age — (aiōn g165)
saborearon la buena Palabra de Dios y [los ]poderes de [la ]era venidera, (aiōn g165)
6 if those, I say, fell away, it would be impossible to bring them again to repentance; they would be crucifying the Son of God over again for themselves, and exposing him to open contempt.
y apostataron, sean otra vez restaurados para cambio de mente, pues así crucifican al Hijo de Dios para ellos mismos y lo exponen a afrenta pública.
7 Ground that drinks in the showers that from time to time fall upon it, and produces vegetation useful to those for whom it is tilled, receives a blessing from God;
Porque la tierra que bebe la lluvia que cae a menudo sobre ella y produce buena cosecha a los que la cultivan, recibe [la] bendición de Dios.
8 but, if it ‘bears thorns and thistles,’ it is regarded as worthless, it is in danger of being ‘cursed,’ and its end will be the fire.
Pero la [tierra] que produce espinas y tallos rastreros es inútil y está cerca de una maldición. Su fin es ser quemada.
9 But about you, dear friends, even though we speak in this way, we are confident of better things — of things that point to your Salvation.
Pero en cuanto a ustedes, amados, aunque hablamos de esta manera, estamos convencidos de cosas mejores que conducen a [la] salvación.
10 For God is not unjust; he will not forget the work that you did, and the love that you showed for his Name, in sending help to your fellow Christians — as you are still doing.
Porque Dios no es injusto para olvidar su obra y el trabajo de amor que ustedes demostraron a su Nombre cuando sirvieron a los santos, a quienes aún sirven.
11 But our great desire is that every one of you should be equally earnest to attain to a full conviction that our hope will be fulfilled, and that you should keep that hope to the end.
Pero deseamos que cada uno de ustedes muestre la misma diligencia hasta [el] fin para la plena certeza de la esperanza,
12 Then you will not show yourselves slow to learn, but you will copy those who, through faith and patience, are now entering upon the enjoyment of God’s promises.
a fin de que no sean perezosos, sino imitadores de los que por fe y longanimidad heredan las promesas.
13 When God gave his promise to Abraham, since there was no one greater by whom he could swear, he swore by himself.
Porque cuando Dios dio [la] promesa a Abraham, puesto que no tenía uno mayor por quien jurar, juró por Él mismo:
14 His words were — ‘I will assuredly bless thee and increase thy numbers.’
Ciertamente te bendeciré y te multiplicaré.
15 And so, after patiently waiting, Abraham obtained the fulfilment of God’s promise.
Así, [Abraham] esperó con paciencia y obtuvo la promesa.
16 Men, of course, swear by what is greater than themselves, and with them an oath is accepted as putting a matter beyond all dispute.
Porque [los] seres humanos juran por el mayor. Para ellos el fin de toda controversia es el juramento de confirmación.
17 And therefore God, in his desire to show, with unmistakable plainness, to those who were to enter on the enjoyment of what he had promised, the unchangeableness of his purpose, bound himself with an oath.
Por tanto, cuando Dios quiso demostrar más plenamente lo inmutable de su propósito a los herederos de la promesa, interpuso juramento.
18 For he intended us to find great encouragement in these two unchangeable things, which make it impossible for God to prove false — we, I mean, who fled for safety where we might lay hold on the hope set before us.
Para que por dos cosas inmutables en las cuales es imposible que Dios mienta, los que nos refugiamos en la esperanza de lo que está adelante, tengamos un fortísimo consuelo,
19 This hope is a very anchor for our souls, secure and strong, and it ‘reaches into the Sanctuary that lies behind the Curtain,’
el cual tenemos como ancla firme y segura del alma, y que entra hasta lo que está en el interior del velo,
