1. I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at home in my palace, content and prosperous.
2. I had a terrifying dream as I lay in bed, and the images and my visions frightened me.
3. So I issued a decree that all the wise men of Babylon should be brought before me to give the interpretation of the dream.
4. When the magicians, enchanters, Chaldeans, and diviners had come in, I related the dream before them; but none of them could tell me its meaning.
5. Finally there came before me Daniel, whose name is Belteshazzar after the name of my god, and in whom is a spirit of the holy gods. I repeated the dream to him: