Da ble Daniel, som var kalt Belteshassar, forundret i en stund, og tankene hans vakte uro. Kongen talte og sa: Belteshassar, la ikke drømmen eller dens tolkning uroe deg. Belteshassar svarte og sa: Min herre, måtte drømmen gjelde dem som hater deg, og tolkningen dine fiender.
Then niel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonied for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spake, and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or the interpretation thereof, trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, the dream be to them that hate thee, and the interpretation thereof to thine enemies.