"I sawa dreamand it mademe fearful;and [these] fantasies[as I lay] on my bedand the visionsin my mindkeptalarmingme.
Now it happenedat the endof two fullyearsthat Pharaohhada dream,and behold,he was standingby the Nile.
Then the commanderof the officialsassigned[new] namesto them; and to Danielhe assigned[the name] Belteshazzar,to HananiahShadrach,to MishaelMeshachand to AzariahAbed-nego.
Now in the secondyearof the reignof Nebuchadnezzar,Nebuchadnezzarhaddreams;and his spiritwas troubledand his sleeplefthim.
The kingsaidto them, "I hada dreamand my spiritis anxiousto understandthe dream."
Now [these were] the visionsin my mind[as I lay] on my bed:I was looking,and behold,[there was] a treein the midstof the earthand its height[was] great.
I was lookingin the visionsin my mind[as I lay] on my bed,and behold,an [angelic] watcher,a holyone,descendedfrom heaven.
"Yetleavethe stumpwith its rootsin the ground,But with a bandof ironand bronze[around it] In the newgrassof the field;And let him be drenchedwith the dewof heaven,And let him sharewith the beastsin the grassof the earth.
"ThenDaniel,whosenameis Belteshazzar,was appalledfor a whileas his thoughtsalarmedhim. The kingrespondedand said,'Belteshazzar,do not let the dreamor its interpretationalarmyou.' Belteshazzarreplied,My lord,[if only] the dreamapplied to those who hateyou and its interpretationto your adversaries!
The queenenteredthe banquethallbecauseof the wordsof the kingand his nobles;the queenspokeand said,"O king,liveforever!Do not let your thoughtsalarmyou or your facebe pale.
"Thereis a manin your kingdomin whomis a spiritof the holygods;and in the daysof your father,illumination,insightand wisdomlike the wisdomof the godswere foundin him. And KingNebuchadnezzar,your father,your fatherthe king,appointedhim chiefof the magicians,conjurers,Chaldeans[and] diviners.
In the firstyearof Belshazzarkingof BabylonDanielsawa dreamand visionsin his mind[as he lay] on his bed;thenhe wrotethe dreamdown[and] relatedthe [following] summaryof it.
"At thispointthe revelationended.As for me, Daniel,my thoughtswere greatlyalarmingme and my facegrewpale,but I keptthe matterto myself."
