1. In the second year that Nebuchadnezzar was king, he had a dream. It worried him so much that he couldn't sleep,
2. so he sent for his fortune tellers, magicians, sorcerers, and wizards to come and explain the dream to him. When they came and stood before the king,
3. he said to them, “I'm worried about a dream I have had. I want to know what it means.”
4. They answered the king in Aramaic, “May Your Majesty live for ever! Tell us your dream, and we will explain it to you.”
5. The king said to them, “I have made up my mind that you must tell me the dream and then tell me what it means. If you can't, I'll have you torn limb from limb and make your houses a pile of ruins.