23. But hast lifted up thyself against Hashem of Shomayim; and they have brought the vessels of His Beis Hamikdash before thee, and thou, and thy nobles, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the g-ds of silver, and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know; and the G-d in Whose hand thy breath is, and Whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified.
24. Then was the part of the yad sent from Him; and this mikhtav (writing) was written.
25. And this is the mikhtav (writing) that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UFARSIN.
26. This is the pesher (interpretation, explanation) of the thing; MENE; G-d hath numbered thy malchut, and finished with it.
27. TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
28. PERES; Thy malchut is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
29. Then commanded Belshatzar, and they clothed Daniel with purple, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the malchut.
30. In that night was Belshatzar the king of the Kasdim slain.
31. (6:1) And Daryavesh the Mede took the malchut, being about 62 years old.