13.約書亞靠近耶利哥的時候,舉目觀看,不料,有一個人手裏有拔出來的刀,對面站立。約書亞到他那裏,問他說:「你是幫助我們呢,是幫助我們敵人呢?」
Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in his hand. Joshua went up to him and asked, 「Are you for us or for our enemies?」
14.他回答說:「不是的,我來是要作耶和華軍隊的元帥。」約書亞就俯伏在地下拜,說:「我主有什麼話吩咐僕人?」
「Neither,」 he replied, 「but as commander of the army of the LORD I have now come.」 Then Joshua fell facedown to the ground in reverence, and asked him, 「What message does my Lord[e] have for his servant?」
15.耶和華軍隊的元帥對約書亞說:「把你腳上的鞋脫下來,因為你所站的地方是聖的。」約書亞就照著行了。
The commander of the LORD’s army replied, 「Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy.」 And Joshua did so.