Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was stricken dumb for a while, and his thoughts troubled him. The king answered and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or the interpretation, trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, the dream be to them that hate thee, and the interpretation thereof to thine adversaries.
Þanne Danyel, to whom þe name was Balthasar, began to þenke priueli with ynne hym silf, as in oon our, and hise thouytis disturbliden hym. Forsoþe þe kyng answeride, and seide, Balthasar, þe dreem and þe interpretyng þerof disturble not þee. Balthasar answeride, and seide, My lord, þe dreem be to hem þat haten þee, and þe interpretyng þerof be to thin enemyes.