¹⁸ and receive the kingdom do the saints of the Most High, and they strengthen the kingdom unto the age, even unto the age of the ages.

⁴ And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given to them, and the souls of those who have been beheaded because of the testimony of Jesus, and because of the word of God, and who did not bow before the beast, nor his image, and did not receive the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand, and they did live and reign with Christ the thousand years;

²⁶ and he who is overcoming, and who is keeping unto the end my works, I will give to him authority over the nations,

²⁷ and he shall rule them with a rod of iron -- as the vessels of the potter they shall be broken -- as I also have received from my Father;

²⁷ and the kingdom, and the dominion, even the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heavens, is given to the people -- the saints of the Most High, His kingdom `is' a kingdom age-during, and all dominions do serve and obey Him.

¹² For the nation and the kingdom that do not serve thee perish, Yea, the nations are utterly wasted.

¹³ The honour of Lebanon unto thee doth come, Fir, pine, and box together, To beautify the place of My sanctuary, And the place of My feet I make honourable.

¹⁴ And come unto thee, bowing down, Have sons of those afflicting thee, And bowed themselves to the soles of thy feet Have all despising thee, And they have cried to thee: `City of Jehovah, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.'

⁵ Exult do saints in honour, They sing aloud on their beds.

⁶ The exaltation of God `is' in their throat, And a two-edged sword in their hand.

⁷ To do vengeance among nations, Punishments among the peoples.

⁸ To bind their kings with chains, And their honoured ones with fetters of iron,

⁹ To do among them the judgment written, An honour it `is' for all his saints. Praise ye Jah!

¹⁰ and didst make us to our God kings and priests, and we shall reign upon the earth.'

¹¹ Stedfast `is' the word: For if we died together -- we also shall live together;

¹² if we do endure together -- we shall also reign together; if we deny `him', he also shall deny us;

²² till that the Ancient of Days hath come, and judgment is given to the saints of the Most High, and the time hath come, and the saints have strengthened the kingdom.

²¹ He who is overcoming -- I will give to him to sit with me in my throne, as I also did overcome and did sit down with my Father in His throne.

¹² because we have not the wrestling with blood and flesh, but with the principalities, with the authorities, with the world-rulers of the darkness of this age, with the spiritual things of the evil in the heavenly places;

³ Blessed `is' the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who did bless us in every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,

¹⁶ Instead of thy fathers are thy sons, Thou dost appoint them for princes in all the earth.