Da ble Daniel, som heter Belteshassar, slått av for en tid, hans tanker forstyrret ham. Kongen svarte og sa: Belteshassar, la ikke drømmen eller dens mening forstyrre deg. Belteshassar svarte: Min herre, må drømmen være om dine fiender og dens mening om dem som er mot deg.
Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was at a loss for a time, his thoughts troubling him. The king made answer and said, Belteshazzar, do not be troubled by the dream or by the sense of it. Belteshazzar, answering, said, My lord, may the dream be about your haters, and its sense about those who are against you.