Daniel 5
5:1Belshazzar the king made a great supper for his great men -- a thousand; and before the thousand was the wine.
5:2And drinking Belshazzar spoke in the tasting of the wine to bring the items, the ones of gold and the ones of silver which Nebuchadnezzar his father brought forth from out of the temple in Jerusalem. And they drank with them -- the king, and his great men, and his concubines, and his mistresses.
5:3And they brought the items of gold, and the ones of silver, which were brought forth from out of the temple of God in Jerusalem, and they drank with them -- the king, and his great men, and his concubines, and his mistresses.
5:4They drank wine, and they praised the gods of gold, and of silver, and of brass, and of iron, and of wood, and of stones.
5:5In the same hour came forth fingers of the hand of a man, and they wrote over against the lamp upon the whitewashed portion of the wall of the house of the king. And the king viewed the knuckles of the hand writing.
5:6Then the appearance of the king changed, and his thoughts disturbed him, and the bonding together of his loin parted, and his knees struck together.
5:7And the king yelled in strength to bring the magi, and the Chaldeans, and the astrologers. And he said to the wise men of Babylon, Who ever should read this writing, and should make known its interpretation to me, purple shall be put on him, and the necklace of gold upon his neck, and as third in my kingdom he shall rule.
5:8And entering were all the wise men of the king, and they were not able to read the writing, nor to make known the interpretation to the king.
5:9And king Belshazzar was disturbed, and his appearance changed in him, and his great men were disturbed.
5:10And the queen entered into the house of the banquet. And the queen responded and said, O king, live into the eon! Let your thoughts not disturb you, and let not your appearance be changed!
5:11There is a man in your kingdom in which is spirit of the holy God. And in the days of your father, vigilance, and understanding, and wisdom as wisdom of God, was found in him; and king Nebuchadnezzar your father placed him ruler of enchanters of magi of Chaldeans and of astrologers.
5:12For extra spirit is in him, and intelligence, and understanding of interpreting dreams, and reporting things held, and untying things bonded together -- it is Daniel, and the king put to him the name -- Belteshazzar. Now then let him be called! and its interpretation he will announce to you.
5:13Then Daniel was brought in before the king. And the king said to Daniel, Are you Daniel, the one from the sons of the captivity of Judea, of which my father the king brought?
5:14I heard concerning you, that spirit of God is in you, and vigilance, and understanding, and extra wisdom is found in you.
5:15And now there entered before me the wise men, magi, and astrologers, that they should read this writing, and the interpretation they should make known to me. But they were not able to announce to me.
5:16And I heard concerning you, that you are able to interpret judgments. Now then, if you should be able to read this writing, and its interpretation to make known to me, purple shall be put on you, and the necklace of gold will be upon your neck, and as third in my kingdom you shall rule.
5:17Then answered Daniel, and he said before the king, Let your gifts be yours, and the present of your house give to another! But I shall read the writing to the king, and the interpretation of it I shall make known to you.
5:18O king, God the highest gave the kingdom and the greatness and the honor and the glory to Nebuchadnezzar your father.
5:19And because of the greatness of which he gave to him, all the peoples, tribes, languages were trembling and fearing from before him. Whom he willed he did away with, and whom he willed he beat, and whom he willed he raised up high, and whom he willed he humbled.
5:20And when his heart was raised up high, and his spirit was fortified to be prideful, he was brought down from the throne of the kingdom, and the honor was removed from him.
5:21And from the men he was driven out, and his heart was given to be with the wild beasts, and with the wild donkeys among which he dwelt. And grass was fed him as an ox, and his body was dipped of the dew of the heaven, until of which time he knew that God the highest dominated the kingdom of men, and to whomever it seems good he gives it.
5:22And you, his son, O Belshazzar, humbled not your heart in front of God, of which all these things you knew.
5:23And against the lord the God of heaven you were haughty, and the items of his house they brought before you; even you, and your great men, and your concubines, and your mistresses drank wine in them, and the gods of gold, and of silver, and of brass, and of iron, and of wood, and of stones, the ones that see not, and hear not, and know not, you praised; and the God of whom your breath is in his hand, and all your ways -- him you glorified not.
5:24On account of this, the knuckle of a hand was sent from his presence, and this writing he arranged.
5:25And this is the writing being arranged -- Mene, Tekel, Peres.
5:26This is the interpretation of the saying, Mene -- God measured your kingdom and finished it.
5:27Tekel -- it was set in the yoke balance scale and found lacking.
5:28Peres -- your kingdom was divided and was given to the Medes and Persians.
5:29And Belshazzar spoke, and they put on Daniel purple, and the gold necklace they put around his neck, and proclaimed concerning him for him to be third ruler in the kingdom.
5:30In the same night Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans was done away with.
5:31And Darius the Mede took the kingdom, being sixty two years old.