8. But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name is Belteshazzar, according to the name of my God, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods: and before him I told the dream, saying,
9. O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation of it.
10. Thus were the visions of my head in my bed; I saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and its hight was great.
11. The tree grew, and was strong, and its hight reached to heaven, and the sight of it to the end of all the earth:
12. Its leaves were fair, and its fruit abundant, and in it was food for all: the beasts of the field had shade under it, and the fowls of heaven dwelt among its boughs, and all flesh was fed from it.
13. I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and behold, a watcher and a holy one came down from heaven;
14. He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off its branches, shake off its leaves, and scatter its fruit: let the beasts escape from under it, and the fowls from its branches.
15. Nevertheless leave the stump of its roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let its portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth.
16. Let his heart be changed from man's, and let a beast's heart be given to him; and let seven times pass over him.