6. So I gave an order. All the wise men of Babylon were to be brought to me. I wanted them to tell me what my dream meant.
7. The fortune-tellers, magicians and wise men came. I told them about the dream. But those men could not tell me what it meant.
8. Finally, Daniel came to me. (I called him Belteshazzar to honor my god. The spirit of the holy gods is in him.) I told my dream to Daniel.
9. I said, “Belteshazzar, you are the most important of all the fortune-tellers. I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you. I know there is no secret that is too hard for you to understand. This was what I dreamed. Tell me what it means.
10. These are the visions I saw while I was lying in my bed: I looked, and there in front of me was a tree. It was standing in the middle of the earth. The tree was very tall.
11. The tree grew large and strong. The top of the tree touched the sky. It could be seen from anywhere on earth.
12. The leaves of the tree were beautiful. It had plenty of good fruit on it. On the tree was food for everyone. The wild animals found shelter under the tree. And the birds lived in its branches. Every animal ate from it.