LEB(i)
1 Belshazzar the king made a great festival for a thousand of his lords,* and ⌊in the presence of⌋* the thousand lords he was drinking wine.*
2 ⌊When he tasted the wine⌋,* Belshazzar commanded that they bring the vessels of gold and silver that Nebuchadnezzar his ⌊predecessor⌋* had taken from the temple that was in Jerusalem, so that the king and his lords,* his wives and his concubines may drink from them.
3 Then they brought in the vessels of gold that they took from the temple, the house of God that was in Jerusalem, and the king and his lords,* his wives and his concubines drank from them.
4 They drank the wine and praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood and stone.*
5 ⌊Immediately⌋* ⌊human fingers⌋* appeared and they wrote ⌊opposite⌋* the lampstand on the plaster of the wall of the palace of the king, and the king was watching* the palm of the hand that was writing.
6 Then his face changed and his thoughts terrified him, and ⌊his hip joints gave way⌋* and ⌊his knees knocked together⌋.*
7 The king cried ⌊aloud⌋* to bring in the conjurers,* the ⌊astrologers⌋* and the diviners; the king ⌊spoke⌋* and said to the wise men of Babylon, "Any man that can read this writing and can tell me its explanation will be clothed in purple and will have a necklace of gold hung around his neck and he will rule as third in authority in the kingdom."
8 Then all the wise men of the king came in, but they were not able to read the writing or to make known its explanation.*
9 Then the king, Belshazzar, became greatly terrified, and ⌊his facial features⌋* changed upon him, and his lords* were perplexed.
10 Because of the words of the king and his lords,* the queen came into ⌊the banqueting hall⌋* and the queen ⌊spoke up⌋* and said, "O king, live ⌊forever⌋,* and let not your thoughts terrify you and do not let your facial expressions ⌊grow pale⌋.*
11 There is a man in your kingdom ⌊who has the spirit of the holy gods in him⌋.* And in the days of your ⌊predecessor⌋,* enlightenment and insight and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods was found in him; and, O king, Nebuchadnezzar your ⌊predecessor⌋* appointed him as chief of the magicians,* the conjurers,* the ⌊astrologers⌋,* and the diviners. Your ⌊predecessor⌋* the king did this
12 ⌊because⌋* there was found in him an excellent spirit and understanding and insight for interpreting dreams and explaining riddles and solving riddles; that is, in Daniel ⌊whom the king named⌋* Belteshazzar. Now, let Daniel be called and he will tell the explanation."*