The Book of Daniel Page #4

requests an audience.

Speak.

Oh king, live forever.

I have heard your decree,

and I understand that

I shall fall beneath the blade...

if your dream is not

made known and interpreted.

I ask only for more time that

I might withdraw for a while,

my friends and I,

to pray to our God...

and see if he might not

make the dream known to us.

The time is fixed.

It cannot be altered.

The sentence is to be

carried out at sunrise.

You may withdraw

so long as you return at dawn,

as your fate

and that of the others...

is one in the same,

and when you return be sure to

bring your companions with you.

Shall I send

guards along, my king?

No.

No, if he says he'll pray,

he'll pray not flee.

Of that much

at least I'm sure.

Even if we

were to flee the city...

the whole world

would've been against us,

not that it mattered...

I had given my word

and intended to keep it.

I would pray and hope

that the answer came.

Prepare to

bind the prisoners.

Once the sun rises

there can be no delay.

Bring forth the councilors!

Oh king, live forever.

Oh king, do not

execute these men, I beg you.

Belteshazzar,

your death is upon you as well...

unless you know my dream

and can interpret it.

I am, and I will.

Praise be to the God

of my fathers forever and ever.

He gives wisdom to the wise

and knowledge to the discerning.

He reveals

deep and hidden things...

and has made plain

all that you have asked,

for he has shown me

the vision of the king.

Then speak!

As you lay upon your bed,

oh king, you looked,

and there before you

stood a large statue,

awesome in its appearance.

The head of the statue

was made of pure gold,

its chest and arms of silver,

its belly

and thighs of bronze,

its legs of iron,

its feet partly of iron

and partly of baked clay.

As you were watching,

a rock was cutout...

but not by human hands.

It struck the statue

on its feet of iron and clay...

and smashed them.

Then the iron, the clay, the

bronze, the silver, and the gold...

were all broken

to pieces at the same time,

and the winds swept them

away without a trace,

but the rock that struck

the statue became a mountain...

and filled the whole earth.

You have done what

I was told was impossible.

This mystery

has been revealed to me...

not because I am

wiser than other men...

but because God wishes you...

to understand

the meaning of your dream.

You know my dream

as if you dreamt it yourself.

What does it mean?

You, oh king,

are the king of kings.

The God of heaven

has given you dominion...

and power

and might and glory.

In your hands

he has placed mankind.

He has made you

ruler over the nation,

for you are

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