5:17 但以理在王面前回答說：「你的贈品可以歸你自己，你的賞賜可以歸給別人；我卻要為王讀這文字，把講解告訴王。
5:18 王啊，至高的上帝曾將國位、大權、榮耀、威嚴賜與你父尼布甲尼撒；
5:19 因上帝所賜他的大權，各方、各國、各族的人都在他面前戰兢恐懼。他可以隨意生殺，隨意升降。
5:20 但他心高氣傲，靈也剛愎，甚至行事狂傲，就被革去王位，奪去榮耀。
5:21 他被趕出離開世人，他的心變如獸心，與野驢同居，吃草如牛，身被天露滴濕，等他知道至高的上帝在人的國中掌權，憑自己的意旨立人治國。
5:22 伯沙撒啊，你是他的兒子（或譯：孫子），你雖知道這一切，你心仍不自卑，
5:23 竟向天上的主自高，使人將他殿中的器皿拿到你面前，你和大臣、皇后、妃嬪用這器皿飲酒。你又讚美那不能看、不能聽、無知無識、金、銀、銅、鐵、木、石所造的神，卻沒有將榮耀歸與那手中有你氣息，管理你一切行動的上帝。
17 Then Daniel answered and said before the
king, "Let your gifts be for yourself, and give your rewards to another.
Nevertheless, I will read the writing to the king and make known to him the
interpretation. 18 O king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father
kingship and greatness and glory and majesty. 19 And because of the greatness
that he gave him, all peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared
before him. Whom he would, he killed, and whom he would, he kept alive; whom he
would, he raised up, and whom he would, he humbled. 20 But when his heart was
lifted up and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly, he was brought
down from his kingly throne, and his glory was taken from him. 21 He was driven
from among the children of mankind, and his mind was made like that of a beast,
and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys. He was fed grass like an ox, and
his body was wet with the dew of heaven, until he knew that the Most High God
rules the kingdom of mankind and sets over it whom he will. 22 And you his son,
Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, though you knew all this, 23 but you
have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven. And the vessels of his
house have been brought in 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 bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or
know, but the God in whose hand is your breath, and whose are all your ways,
you have not honored.
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但以理陳明這些字出現的原因是因為伯沙撒王即使有尼布甲尼撒被懲罰的前車之鑑，還是驕傲自大，甚至用聖殿的器皿喝酒並讚美偶像。由「經驗中學習」，似乎是一件很困難的事，人們不斷重複犯一樣的錯。我們自己是否也有這種問題呢？
所以，我們需要靠上帝的話語來顯明自己的問題，透過聖靈的引導，不斷的悔改與更新，我們才能達到完美的地步！也因為如此，我們需要上帝的恩典來陶冶與建造，使我們可以真正的完全與成熟。
故此，伯沙撒王即使明白牆上的文字已無意義了！這也告訴我們，有時候我們要追求一些奧秘的事，卻沒有注意到上帝明顯的啟示，那也是沒有益處的，倒不如在主所託付明顯的是努力，才能真正討主喜悅，蒙祂賜福！
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