7. Then the magicians, the enchanters, the Kasdim, and the soothsayers came in; and I told the dream before them; but they didn’t make known to me its interpretation.
8. But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name was Belteshazzar, according to the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods. I told the dream before him, saying,
9. “Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you, and no secret troubles you, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and its interpretation.
10. Thus were the visions of my head on my bed: I saw, and behold, a tree in the middle of the earth; and its height was great.
11. The tree grew, and was strong, and its height reached to the sky, and its sight to the end of all the earth.
12. The leaves of it were beautiful, and it had much fruit, and in it was food for all. The animals of the field had shade under it, and the birds of the sky lived in its branches, and all flesh was fed from it.
13. “I saw in the visions of my head on my bed, and behold, a watcher and a holy one came down from the sky.
14. He cried aloud, and said this, ‘Cut down the tree, and cut off its branches! Shake off its leaves, and scatter its fruit! Let the animals get away from under it, and the fowls from its branches.