²⁴Therefore^m Daniel went to Arioch, whom the king had appointedⁿ to destroy the wise men of Babylon; he went and thus he said to him: “You must not destroy the wise men of Babylon; take me in before the king and I will give the explanation^o to the king.”

²⁵Then Arioch quickly^p brought Daniel in before the king and thus he said to him: “I have found a man among the exiles^q of Judah^r who can relate^s the explanation^t to the king.” ²⁶The king then asked^u and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, “Are you able to make known to me the dream that I have seen and its explanation?”^v ²⁷Daniel answered the king and said, “The mystery that the king asks, no wise men, conjurers,^w magicians,^x or diviners are able to make known to the king. ²⁸But there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and he has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what it is that will be at the end of days. This is your dream and the visions of your head on your bed.

²⁹“As for you, king,^y your thoughts on your bed turned to^z what it was that would be in the future,^a and the revealer of mysteries has made known to you what that would be. ³⁰And as for me, it is not because of wisdom that is in me more than any other living person^b that this mystery is revealed to me, but in order that^c the explanation^d may be made known to the king and you will understand^e the thoughts of your mind.^f

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Footnotes

mLiterally “Now because this”
nAramaic “has appointed”
oOr “interpretation”
pLiterally “in haste”
qLiterally “the children of exiles”
rAramaic “Jehud”
sLiterally “he will make known”
tOr “interpretation”
uLiterally “The king answered”
vOr “interpretation”
wOr “enchanters”
xOr “soothsayer-priests”
yAramaic “the king”
zLiterally “they went up”
aLiterally “after this”
bLiterally “all of living beings”
cLiterally “concerning the matter of”
dOr “interpretation”
eLiterally “know”
fLiterally “heart”