² The angel ·grabbed [seized] the dragon, that ·old snake [ancient serpent] who is the devil and Satan [12:9; Gen. 3:15], and ·tied him up [bound him; Mark 3:27] for a thousand years. ³ Then he threw him into the ·bottomless pit [Abyss], ·closed [or locked] it, and ·locked it [^Lsealed it; or placed a seal on it] over him. The angel did this so he could not ·trick [deceive; lead astray] the ·people of the earth [nations] anymore until the thousand years were ·ended [finished; completed]. After ·a thousand years [^Lthese things] he must be set free for a short time.

⁴ Then I saw some thrones and people sitting on them who had been given the power to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been ·killed [^Lbeheaded] because ·they were faithful to the message [of their testimony/witness] of Jesus and [^Lbecause of] the ·message from [word of] God. They had not worshiped the beast or his ·idol [image], and they had not received the ·mark [brand; stamp] of the beast on their foreheads or on their hands. They came back to life and ·ruled [reigned] with Christ for a thousand years.