In the second year of Nebuchadnezzar’s rule, he had a dream. His mind was troubled. He couldn’t sleep.

尼布甲尼撒在位第二年，他做了梦，心里烦乱，不能睡觉。

尼布甲尼撒在位第二年，他做了很多梦，心里烦乱，不能睡觉。

尼布甲尼撒在位第二年，他做了很多梦，心里烦乱，不能睡觉。

尼布甲尼撒在执政第二年做了梦，心里烦乱，无法入睡，

尼布甲尼撒在位第二年，他作了梦，因此心里烦乱，不能入睡。

尼布甲尼撒在位第二年，尼布甲尼撒做梦，灵里烦乱，睡不着觉。

尼布甲尼撒在位第二年，他做了夢，心裏煩亂，不能睡覺。

尼布甲尼撒在位第二年，他做了很多夢，心裏煩亂，不能睡覺。

尼布甲尼撒在位第二年，他做了很多夢，心裏煩亂，不能睡覺。

尼布甲尼撒在執政第二年做了夢，心裡煩亂，無法入睡，

尼布甲尼撒在位第二年，他作了夢，因此心裡煩亂，不能入睡。

尼布甲尼撒執掌國政之第二年，他作了個夢，心裏煩亂不安，使他睡不着覺。

尼布甲尼撒在位第二年，尼布甲尼撒做夢，靈裡煩亂，睡不著覺。

尼布甲尼撒二年、王得夢、心煩不得寢、

尼布甲尼撒二年、王獲夢、中必憂疑、不得寢、

尼布甲尼撒為王第二年、尼布甲尼撒獲夢、中心憂疑憂疑或作煩亂下同不得寢、

In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; his mind was troubled and he could not sleep.

In the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; his spirit was troubled, and his sleep left him.

One night during the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had such disturbing dreams that he couldn’t sleep.

In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams that troubled him, and sleep deserted him.

Now in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; and his spirit was troubled and his sleep left him.

Now in the second year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; and his spirit was so troubled that his sleep left him.

And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams; and his spirit was troubled, and his sleep went from him.

In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams that troubled him, and sleep deserted him.

And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him.

In the second year of his reign Nebuchadnezzar had many dreams. His mind was disturbed and he suffered from insomnia.

In the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams; and his spirit was troubled, and his sleep went from him.

That night the king couldn’t sleep. So he ordered the official records of his rule to be brought in. He ordered someone to read them to him.

But I had a dream that made me afraid. I was lying in bed. Then dreams and visions passed through my mind. They terrified me.

Then each of the two men had a dream. The men were the Egyptian king’s baker and wine taster. They were being held in prison. Both of them had dreams the same night. Each of their dreams had its own meaning.Joseph came to them the next morning. He saw that they were sad.They were Pharaoh’s officials, and they were in prison with Joseph in his master’s house. So he asked them,“ Why do you look so sad today?”“ We both had dreams,” they answered.“ But no one can tell us what they mean.” Then Joseph said to them,“ Only God knows what dreams mean. Tell me your dreams.”

He said to them,“ I had a dream. It troubles me. So I want to know what it means.”

He might speak in a dream or in a vision at night. That’s when people are sound asleep in their beds.He might speak in their ears. His warnings might terrify them.He warns them in order to turn them away from sinning. He wants to keep them from being proud.

A message from the Lord about all the people of Judah came to Jeremiah. It came in the fourth year that Jehoiakim was the king of Judah. It was the first year that Nebuchadnezzar was the king of Babylon. Jehoiakim was the son of Josiah.

When two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream. In his dream, he was standing by the Nile River.Seven cows came up out of the river. They looked healthy and fat. They were eating some of the tall grass growing along the river.After them, seven other cows came up out of the Nile. They looked ugly and skinny. They were standing beside the other cows on the riverbank.The ugly, skinny cows ate up the seven cows that looked healthy and fat. Then Pharaoh woke up.He fell asleep again and had a second dream. In that dream, seven heads of grain were growing on one stem. They were healthy and good.After them, seven other heads of grain came up. They were thin and dried up by the east wind.The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven healthy, full heads. Then Pharaoh woke up. It had been a dream.In the morning he was worried. So he sent for all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams. But no one could tell him what they meant.Then the chief wine taster spoke up. He said to Pharaoh,“ Now I remember that I’ve done something wrong.Pharaoh was once angry with his servants. He put me and the chief baker in prison. We were in the house of the captain of the palace guard.Each of us had a dream the same night. Each dream had its own meaning.A young Hebrew servant was there with us. He was a servant of the captain of the guard. We told him our dreams. And he explained them to us. He told each of us the meaning of our dreams.Things turned out exactly as he said they would. I was given back my job. The other man had a pole stuck through his body.”So Pharaoh sent for Joseph. He was quickly brought out of the prison. Joseph shaved and changed his clothes. Then he came to Pharaoh.Pharaoh said to Joseph,“ I had a dream. No one can tell me what it means. But I’ve heard that when you hear a dream you can explain it.”“ I can’t do it,” Joseph replied to Pharaoh.“ But God will give Pharaoh the answer he wants.”Then Pharaoh told Joseph what he had dreamed. He said,“ I was standing on the bank of the Nile River.Seven cows came up out of the river. They were fat and looked healthy. They were eating the tall grass growing along the river.After them, seven other cows came up. They were bony and very ugly and thin. I had never seen such ugly cows in the whole land of Egypt.The thin, ugly cows ate up the seven fat cows that came up first.But no one could tell that the thin cows had eaten the fat cows. That’s because the thin cows looked just as ugly as they had before. Then I woke up.“ In my dream I also saw seven heads of grain. They were full and good. They were all growing on one stem.After them, seven other heads of grain came up. They were weak and thin and dried up by the east wind.The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven good heads. I told my dream to the magicians. But none of them could explain it to me.”Then Joseph said to Pharaoh,“ Both of Pharaoh’s dreams have the same meaning. God has shown Pharaoh what he is about to do.The seven good cows are seven years. And the seven good heads of grain are seven years. Both dreams mean the same thing.The seven thin, ugly cows that came up later are seven years. So are the seven worthless heads of grain dried up by the east wind. They are seven years when there won’t be enough food.“ It’s just as I said to Pharaoh. God has shown Pharaoh what he’s about to do.Seven years with plenty of food are coming to the whole land of Egypt.But seven years when there won’t be enough food will follow them. Then everyone will forget about all the food Egypt had. Terrible hunger will destroy the land.There won’t be anything left to remind people of the years when there was plenty of food in the land. That’s how bad the hunger that follows will be.God gave the dream to Pharaoh in two forms. That’s because the matter has been firmly decided by God. And it’s because God will do it soon.“ So Pharaoh should look for a wise and understanding man. He should put him in charge of the land of Egypt.Pharaoh should appoint officials to be in charge of the land. They should take a fifth of the harvest in Egypt during the seven years when there’s plenty of food.They should collect all the extra food of the good years that are coming. Pharaoh should give them authority to store up the grain. They should keep it in the cities for food.The grain should be stored up for the country to use later. It will be needed during the seven years when there isn’t enough food in Egypt. Then the country won’t be destroyed just because it doesn’t have enough food.”

Jehoiakim was 25 years old when he became king. He ruled in Jerusalem for 11 years. He did what was evil in the eyes of the Lord his God.Nebuchadnezzar attacked him. Nebuchadnezzar was king of Babylon. He put Jehoiakim in bronze chains. And he took him to Babylon.Nebuchadnezzar also took to Babylon objects from the Lord’ s temple. He put them in his own temple there.

It was the third year that Jehoiakim was king of Judah. Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. His armies surrounded the city and attacked it.The Lord handed Jehoiakim, the king of Judah, over to him. Nebuchadnezzar also took some of the objects from God’s temple. He carried them off to the temple of his god in Babylon. He put them among the treasures of his god.The king gave Ashpenaz an order. Ashpenaz was the chief of Nebuchadnezzar’s court officials. The king told him to bring him some of the Israelites. The king wanted them to serve him in his court. He wanted nobles and men from the royal family.He was looking for young men who were healthy and handsome. They had to be able to learn anything. They had to be well educated. They had to have the ability to understand new things quickly and easily. The king wanted men who could serve in his palace. Ashpenaz was supposed to teach them the Babylonian language and writings.The king had his servants give them food and wine from his own table. They received a certain amount every day. The young men had to be trained for three years. After that, they could begin to serve the king.

The king returned to his palace. He didn’t eat anything that night. He didn’t ask for anything to be brought to him for his enjoyment. And he couldn’t sleep.