"Thisis the interpretationof the message:'MENE--Godhas numberedyour kingdomand putan endto it.
"Ifa mandies,will he live[again]? Allthe daysof my struggleI will waitUntilmy changecomes.
Behold,I am going to stirup the Medesagainstthem, Whowill not valuesilveror takepleasurein gold.
"Allthe nationsshall servehim and his sonand his grandsonuntilthe timeof his own landcomes;then manynationsand greatkingswill makehim their servant.
"Now thisis the inscriptionthat was writtenout: 'MENE,MENE,TEKEL,UPHARSIN.'
in the firstyearof his reign,I, Daniel,observedin the booksthe numberof the yearswhichwas [revealed as] the wordof the LORDto Jeremiahthe prophetfor the completionof the desolationsof Jerusalem,[namely], seventyyears.
SAYSTHE LORD,WHO MAKESTHESE THINGSKNOWNFROM LONG AGO.
