1. In the first year of King Belshazzar of Babylon, as Daniel lay in bed he had a dream, visions in his head. Then he wrote down the dream; the account began:
2. In the vision I saw during the night, suddenly the four winds of heaven stirred up the great sea,
3. from which emerged four immense beasts, each different from the others.
4. The first was like a lion, but with eagle’s wings. While I watched, the wings were plucked; it was raised from the ground to stand on two feet like a human being, and given a human mind.