Da ble Daniel, som ble kalt Beltsasar, forundret en stund, og hans tanker forstyrret ham. Kongen talte og sa: Beltsasar, la ikke drømmen eller tydningen forstyrre deg. Beltsasar svarte og sa: Min herre, måtte drømmen gjelde dine fiender, og dens tydning dine motstandere.
Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was stricken dumb for a while, and his thoughts troubled him. The king answered and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or the interpretation, trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, the dream be to them that hate thee, and the interpretation thereof to thine adversaries.