1 In Belshazzar’s first year as king of Babylon, Daniel had a dream. He saw a vision while he was asleep. He wrote down the main parts of the dream.
2 In my visions at night I, Daniel, saw the four winds of heaven stirring up the Mediterranean Sea.
3 Four large animals, each one different from the others, came out of the sea.
4 The first animal was like a lion, but it had wings like an eagle. I watched until its wings were plucked off and it was lifted off the ground. It was made to stand on two feet like a human and was given a human mind.