23. But you have lifted yourself up against the Lord of heaven. And the vessels of his house have been presented before you. And you, and your nobles, and your wives, and your concubines, have drunk wine from them. Likewise, you have praised the gods of silver, and gold, and brass, iron, and wood and stone, who neither see, nor hear, nor feel, yet you have not glorified the God who holds your breath and all your ways in his hand.
24. Therefore, he has sent the part of the hand which has written this, which has been inscribed.
25. But this is the writing that has been decreed: MANE, THECEL, PHARES.
26. And this is the interpretation of the words. MANE: God has numbered your kingdom and has finished it.
27. THECEL: you have been weighed on the scales and found lacking.
28. PHARES: your kingdom has been divided and has been given to the Medes and the Persians.