en_tn/dan/05/01.md

# Belshazzar

This is the son of Nebuchadnezzar who became king after his father. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# for a thousand

"for 1,000" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])

# he drank wine in front of

"he drank wine in the presence of"

# the containers made of gold or silver

This can be stated in active form. AT: "the gold or silver containers that the Israelites had made" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# containers

These were cups and other items that were small enough for a person to hold and to drink from them.

# Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken

Here "Nebuchadnezzar" refers to Nebuchadnezzar's army. AT: "his father Nebuchadnezzar's army" or "the army of Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])