τῆς ἀρχῆς προκοπτόντων ἐκείνοις

From LSJ

μέχρι δὲ τούτου θεοῖσι εἰδέναι χάριν → but until that time he should feel gratitude to the gods

Source

English > Greek (Woodhouse Quotes Reversed)

while we pave the way for their empire