5 I had a dream, and it frightened me; while in my bed, the images and visions in my mind alarmed me.
6 So I issued a decree to bring all the wise men of Babylon to me in order that they might make the dream’s interpretation known to me.
7 When the diviner-priests, mediums, Chaldeans, and astrologers came in, I told them the dream, but they could not make its interpretation known to me.
8 Finally Daniel, named Belteshazzar after the name of my god — and the spirit of the holy gods is in him — came before me. I told him the dream:
9 “Belteshazzar, head of the diviners, because I know that you have a spirit of the holy gods and that no mystery puzzles you, explain to me the visions of my dream that I saw, and its interpretation.
10 In the visions of my mind as I was lying in bed, I saw this:There was a tree in the middle of the earth,and its height was great.
11 The tree grew large and strong;its top reached to the sky, and it was visible to the ends of the earth.