005:014 I have heard of you, that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom are found in you. 005:015 Now the wise men, the enchanters, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known to me the interpretation of it; but they could not show the interpretation of the thing. 005:016 But I have heard of you, that you can give interpretations, and dissolve doubts; now if you can read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation of it, you shall be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about your neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom. 005:017 Then Daniel answered before the king, Let your gifts be to yourself, and give your rewards to another; nevertheless I will read the writing to the king, and make known to him the interpretation. 005:018 You king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty: 005:019 and because of the greatness that he gave him, all the peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him: whom he would he killed, and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he raised up, and whom he would he put down. 005:020 But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him: 005:021 and he was driven from the sons of men, and his heart was made like the animals', and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys; he was fed with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of the sky; until he knew that the Most High God rules in the kingdom of men, and that he sets up over it whoever he will. 005:022 You his son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, though you knew all this, 005:023 but have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before you, and you and your lords, your wives and your concubines, have drunk wine from them; and you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which don't see, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand your breath is, and whose are all your ways, you have not glorified. 005:024 Then was the part of the hand sent from before him, and this writing was inscribed. 005:025 This is the writing that was inscribed: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. 005:026 This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God has numbered your kingdom, and brought it to an end; 005:027 TEKEL; you are weighed in the balances, and are found wanting. 005:028 PERES; your kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians. 005:029 Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with purple,