2 Listen to my account of the wonders and miracles which the Supreme God has shown me.
3 “How great are the wonders God shows us!How powerful are the miracles he performs!God is king for ever; he will rule for all time.
4 “I was living comfortably in my palace, enjoying great prosperity.
5 But I had a frightening dream and saw terrifying visions while I was asleep.
6 I ordered all the royal advisers in Babylon to be brought to me so that they could tell me what the dream meant.
7 Then all the fortune tellers, magicians, wizards, and astrologers were brought in, and I told them my dream, but they could not explain it to me.
8 Then Daniel came in. (He is also called Belteshazzar, after the name of my god.) The spirit of the holy gods is in him, so I told him what I had dreamt. I said to him: