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.
10. “‘While I was lying in my bed, this is what I dreamed. I saw a large tree in the middle of the earth.
11. The tree grew very tall and strong, reaching high into the heavens for all the world to see.
12. It had fresh green leaves, and it was loaded with fruit for all to eat. Wild animals lived in its shade, and birds nested in its branches. All the world was fed from this tree.
13. “‘Then as I lay there dreaming, I saw a messenger, a holy one, coming down from heaven.