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1Nebuchadnezzar the king to all of the nations, the peoples and languages that live in the whole earth: “May your prosperity increase![#Daniel 4:1–4:37 in the English Bible is 3:31–4:34 in the Hebrew Bible]
2It is pleasing to me to recount the signs and wonders that the Most High God worked for me.
3How great are his signs and wonders, how strong is his kingdom, an everlasting kingdom; and his sovereignty is from generation to generation.[#Literally “a kingdom of eternity”]
4“I, Nebuchadnezzar, was content in my house and prospering in my palace.
5And I saw a dream and a revelation on my bed and it frightened me, and the visions of my head terrified me.
6And a decree was sent out, ordering that all the wise men of Babylon were to be brought in before me so that they may make known to me the explanation of the dream.[#Literally “put/placed”]
7Then the magicians, the conjurers, the astrologers and the diviners came in and I told them the dream, but they could not make known to me its explanation.[#Or “soothsayer-priests”; #Or “enchanters”; #Literally “Chaldeans”; #Or “interpretation”]
8Then at last Daniel came before me whose name was Belteshazzar, according to the name of my god, and in whom was the spirit of the holy gods, and I related the dream to him.[#Literally “until another”; #Literally “who name his”; #Literally “like”; #Literally “and who the spirit of gods holy in him”; #Literally “and the dream before him I told”]
9“ ‘O Belteshazzar, chief of the magicians, I myself know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you, and no mystery is too difficult for you. Now tell me the visions of my dream that I saw, and its explanation.[#Or “soothsayer-priests”; #Or “a spirit”; #Literally “every mystery is not difficult”; #Or “interpretation”]
10Now these were the visions of my head as I was lying on my bed: I was gazing and, look, a tree was in the midst of the earth, and its height was exalted.[#Literally “seeing”]
11The tree grew and it became strong,
12Its foliage was beautiful,
Under it the animals of the field sought shade,
13“ ‘I was looking in the vision of my head as I lay on my bed, and look, a watcher, and a holy one, came down from heaven.[#Or “angelic being”]
14He cried aloud and so he said:[#Literally “in strength”]
“Cut down the tree and chop off its branches;
Let the animals flee from under it,
15But the stump of its roots
along with a band of iron and bronze;
And in the dew of heaven
and with the animals
16Let his mind be changed from that of a human,[#Or “the human”]
17The sentence is by the decree of the watchers,
in order that the living will know
and to whomever he wills he gives it,
18“ ‘This is the dream that I, Nebuchadnezzar the king, saw. Now you, Belteshazzar, declare its explanation, for all of the wise men of my kingdom were not able to make the explanation known to me, but you are able because the spirit of holy gods is in you.’[#Or “And”; #Literally “all of because that”]
19“Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was distressed for some time, and his thoughts disturbed him. The king answered and he said, ‘Belteshazzar, let the dream and its explanation not disturb you.’ Belteshazzar answered and said, ‘My lord, may the dream and its explanation be for those who hate you and for your enemies.[#Literally “for one hour”]
20The tree that you saw, which grew and became strong and its height reached to heaven and it was visible to the end of the whole earth,[#Or “the sky”; #Literally “its appearance to the all the earth”]
21and its foliage was beautiful and its fruit abundant, and so there was provision for all in it, and the animals of the field lived under it and in its branches nest the birds of heaven,[#Aramaic “animal”; #Or “the sky”]
22—it is you, O king, who have grown great and you have grown strong, and so your greatness has increased and it has reached to heaven and your sovereignty to the end of the earth.[#Or “the sky”]
23And inasmuch that the king saw the watcher, a holy one coming down from heaven and he said, “Cut down the tree and destroy it, but the stump of its root in the earth leave with a band of iron and bronze in the grass of the field, and let it be watered with the dew of heaven and let his lot be with the animals of the field until seven times have passed over him.”[#Or “the sky”; #Literally “until that seven times they pass over him”]
24This is the explanation, O king, and it is a decree of the Most High that has come upon my lord the king:
25you will be driven away from human society and you will dwell with the animals of the field, and you will be caused to graze grass like the oxen yourself, and you will be watered with the dew of heaven, and seven periods of time will pass over you until that you have acknowledged that the Most High is sovereign over the kingdom of humankind, and to whom he wills he gives it.[#Literally “from the humankind”; #Literally “your dwelling will be”; #Aramaic “animal”; #Literally “with respect to you”; #Literally “that he wills”]
26And in that they said to leave alone the stump of the tree’s root, so your kingdom will be restored for you when you acknowledge that heaven is sovereign.[#Literally “And for”; #Literally “from that”]
27Therefore, O king, let my advice be acceptable to you and your sin remove with righteousness and your iniquity with having mercy on the oppressed, in case there might be a prolongation of your prosperity.’ ”[#Or “replace”; #Literally “if will be prolongation for your prosperity”]
28All this happened to Nebuchadnezzar the king.[#Literally “It came upon”]
29At the end of twelve months he was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon.[#Literally “the place of the kingdom”]
30And the king answered and said, “Is this not the great Babylon which I have built as a royal palace by the strength of my own power, and for the glory of my own majesty?”
31While the words were still in the mouth of the king, a voice from heaven came, saying, ‘To you, King Nebuchadnezzar, it is declared that the kingdom has departed from you,
32and you will be driven away from human society and your dwelling will be with the animals of the field and they will cause you to graze the grass like oxen, and seven times will pass over you, until you acknowledge that the Most High is sovereign over the kingdom of humankind and that he gives it to whom he wills.’[#Literally “the humankind”; #Aramaic “animal”]
33Immediately the word was fulfilled concerning Nebuchadnezzar, and he was expelled from human society and he ate grass like oxen, and his body was bathed with the dew of heaven until his hair was like the hair of an eagle and his nails grew like a bird’s claws.[#Literally “In that hour”; #Literally “over”; #Literally “the humankind”]
34“But at the end of that period, I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up my eyes to heaven, and then my reason returned to me; and I blessed the Most High and the one who lives forever I praised and I honored.[#Literally “the day”; #Literally “the one living forever”]
“For his sovereignty is an everlasting sovereignty,
35And all the dwellers of the earth
and he does according to his desire
and there is not one who can hold back his hand,
36“At that time my reason returned to me, and also the glory of my kingdom and my majesty and splendor returned to me, and my advisers and my lords searched me out, and I was established over my kingdom and abundant greatness was added to me.[#Literally “In it the time”; #Or “nobles”]
37Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and honor the king of heaven, for all his works are truth, and his ways are justice and that he is able to humble those who walk in pride.”[#Or “true”]