1. King Nebuchadnezzar sent this letter to the people, nations, and those who speak every language in all the world:I wish you peace and great wealth!
2. The Most High God has done miracles and wonderful things for me that I am happy to tell you about.
3. His wonderful acts are great,and his miracles are mighty.His kingdom goes on forever,and his rule continues from now on.
4. I, Nebuchadnezzar, was happy and successful at my palace,
5. but I had a dream that made me afraid. As I was lying on my bed, I saw pictures and visions in my mind that alarmed me.
6. So I ordered all the wise men of Babylon to come to me and tell me what my dream meant.
7. The fortune-tellers, magicians, and wise men came, and I told them about the dream. But they could not tell me what it meant.
8. Finally, Daniel came to me. (I called him Belteshazzar to honor my god, because the spirit of the holy gods is in him.) I told my dream to him.
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, so 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 standing in the middle of the earth. And it was very tall.
11. The tree grew large and strong. The top of the tree touched the sky and could be seen from anywhere on earth.