22And you, his son, O Belshazzar, have not kept your heart free from pride, though you had knowledge of all this;
23But you have been lifting yourself up against the Lord of heaven, and they have put the vessels of his house before you, and you and your lords, your wives and your women, have taken wine in them; and you have given praise to gods of silver and gold, of brass and iron and wood and stone, who are without the power of seeing or hearing, and without knowledge: and to the God in whose hand your breath is, and whose are all your ways, you have not given glory;
24Then the part of the hand was sent out from before him, and this writing was recorded.
25And this is the writing which was recorded, Mene, tekel, peres.
26This is the sense of the words: Mene; your kingdom has been numbered by God and ended.
27Tekel; you have been put in the scales and seen to be under weight.
28Peres; your kingdom has been cut up and given to the Medes and Persians.
