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5 King Belshazzar gave a great banquet to a thousand of his lords. 2 He was drinking his wine in front of the thousand of them, when, carried away by the wine, Belshazzar gave orders for the gold and silver vessels removed from the temple at Jerusalem by his father Nebuchadnezzar, to be brought in, so that the king and his lords, his consorts and his concubines, might drink out of them. 3 The gold and silver vessels which had been removed from the temple of God’s house at Jerusalem were then brought, and the king and his lords, his consorts and his concubines, drank out of them; 4 they drank their wine and praised their gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.
5 That very hour, the fingers of a man’s hand appeared, writing on the plaster of the royal palace, opposite the lampstand. The king saw the palm of the hand as it wrote, 6 and the king’s fresh colour paled, his thoughts alarmed him, the muscles of his thighs relaxed, and his knees struck one against another. 7 Then the king cried aloud for the enchanters, the diviners, and the astrologers to be brought in. The king declared to the sages of Babylon, “Whoever reads this writing and tells me the meaning of it, shall be robed in purple and wear a golden chain round his neck and rank as third within the realm.” 8 But not one of all the king’s sages could read the writing or explain the meaning of it to the king.
9 At this king Belshazzar was greatly alarmed, his colour paled, and his lords were at their wits’ end. 10 Then, at the cries of the king and his lords, the queen-mother came into the banqueting-hall; the queen-mother said, “O king, live for ever! Let not your thoughts alarm you, let not your colour go; 11 within your realm there is a man in whom is the spirit of the gods divine. In the days of your father, light and learning and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods themselves were found in him, so that king Nebuchadnezzar, your father, himself made him master of the magicians, enchanters, diviners, and astrologers, 12 since rare ability, knowledge, learning, the power of interpreting dreams and solving riddles and reversing spells, were found in this very Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Let Daniel be called, and he will explain the meaning of this.” 13 Then Daniel was brought into the king’s presence. The king said to Daniel, “So you are the Daniel belonging to the exiles of Judah whom the king my father brought from Judah? 14 I hear that the spirit of the gods themselves is in you, and that light and learning and rare wisdom are to be found in you. 15 Well now, the sages, the enchanters, have been brought into my presence to read this writing and to let me hear the meaning of it, but they could not explain its meaning. 16 However, I hear that you can explain things and reverse spells. Now, if you can read this writing and let me hear the meaning of it, you shall wear a purple robe and a golden chain round your neck, and you shall rank third within the realm.”
17 Then Daniel made answer to the king: “Keep your gifts for yourself, and give your rewards to someone else! However, I will read the writing to the king and let him hear the meaning of it. 18 O king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father the realm with its greatness and glory and majesty, 19 and, owing to the greatness he bestowed upon him, all races, nations, and folk of every tongue trembled in fear of him, for he killed whom he pleased and spared whom he pleased, he raised whom he pleased and put down whom he pleased. 20 But when his mind became proud, when his spirit became defiant, so that he bore himself haughtily, he was deposed from his royal throne and deprived of his glory; 21 he was driven away from human beings, his mind was made like the mind of an animal, and his dwelling was with the beasts; he ate grass like cattle and his body was drenched with the dews of heaven, till he learned that the Most High God rules over the realm of men and that he sets over it anyone whom he chooses. 22 Yet you his son, O Belshazzar, have not humbled yourself, though you knew all this; 23 you uplifted yourself against the Lord of heaven, by having the vessels of his house brought in before you, and from them you and your lords, your consorts and your concubines, have drunk wine, praising gods of silver and gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which can neither see nor hear nor understand; you have not glorified the God who holds in his own power your breath of life and all your destiny. Hence 24 the palm of the hand was sent from his presence, and this writing was inscribed. 25 This is the inscription:
Mene, Tekel, Peres. 26 The meaning of it is: Mene (numbered), God has numbered the days of your kingdom and ended it; 27 Tekel (weighed), you are weighed in the scales and found wanting; 28 Peres (divided), your kingdom is divided up and assigned to the Medes and the ‘Persians.’ ”
29 Then, by order of Belshazzar, Daniel was robed in purple, a chain of gold was hung round his neck, and proclamation was made that he was to rank as third within the realm. 30 That very night Belshazzar the Chaldean king was killed, 31 and Darius the Mede received the kingdom, he being about sixty-two years of age.