1. King Nebuchadnezzar sent the following message to the people of all nations, races, and languages in the world:“Greetings!
2. Listen to my account of the wonders and miracles which the Supreme God has shown me.
3. “How great are the wonders God shows us!How powerful are the miracles he performs!God is king for ever; he will rule for all time.
4. “I was living comfortably in my palace, enjoying great prosperity.
5. But I had a frightening dream and saw terrifying visions while I was asleep.
6. I ordered all the royal advisers in Babylon to be brought to me so that they could tell me what the dream meant.
7. Then all the fortune tellers, magicians, wizards, and astrologers were brought in, and I told them my dream, but they could not explain it to me.
8. Then Daniel came in. (He is also called Belteshazzar, after the name of my god.) The spirit of the holy gods is in him, so I told him what I had dreamt. I said to him: