22 And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;
23 but hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou and thy princes, thy wives and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; furthermore, thou hast praised gods of silver and of gold, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone, which do not see, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand is thy soul and whose are all thy ways, thou hast never honoured.
24 Then from his presence was sent the palm of the hand that sculpted this writing.
25 And the writing that he sculpted is, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
26 This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God has audited thy kingdom and finished it.
27 TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances and art found wanting.
28 PERES; Thy kingdom has been broken and is given to the Medes and Persians.