4. “I, Nebuchadnezzar, was living in my palace in comfort and prosperity.
5. But one night I had a dream that frightened me; I saw visions that terrified me as I lay in my bed.
6. So I issued an order calling in all the wise men of Babylon, so they could tell me what my dream meant.
7. When all the magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and fortune-tellers came in, I told them the dream, but they could not tell me what it meant.
8. At last Daniel came in before me, and I told him the dream. (He was named Belteshazzar after my god, and the spirit of the holy gods is in him.)
9. “I said to him, ‘Belteshazzar, chief of the magicians, I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you and that no mystery is too great for you to solve. Now tell me what my dream means.