Di River from di Temple

One thin line of water dey slide comot from under one door. Na just small water, e dey shine for sun. You fit step cross am. But follow am. Because small distance after, e reach your ankle. And then your knee.

Na di twenty-fifth year of di exile. Di prophet Ezekiel dey live far away for Babylonia, and di temple for Jerusalem don lie down for ruins for fourteen years. But God don give Ezekiel vision of one new temple, and e don show am as di glory of Di Lord come back fill am. One man wey dey shine like bronze, wey hold measuring line for hand, don dey lead Ezekiel go through every court and every gate. Now di guide bring am come back to di entrance of di temple. And Ezekiel notice something. Water. To understand why dis one matter, you need to know di land wey dey di east side of Jerusalem. Di hills dey drop down steep steep enter di dry Judean wilderness, and for di bottom na di Dead Sea dey, wey salt well well so tey nothing fit live inside am.

Di water dey come out from under di door step of di temple, e dey flow go east, e pass di south side of di altar. Di guide carry Ezekiel comot through di north gate and go round di outside reach di east gate, and na there e dey, di water dey drip comot for di south side. Then di man wey hold di measuring line waka go east and measure one thousand cubits, about half kilometre, and lead Ezekiel pass through di water. E reach im ankle. Another one thousand: e reach im knee. Another one thousand: e reach im waist. Another one thousand, and now e don become river wey e no fit cross. Di water don rise deep so tey person go need to swim. And no other stream join am. E just dey grow dey go. Then di guide ask am: Son of man, you don see dis one?

Dem waka come back along di bank of di river, and now Ezekiel see trees, plenty plenty trees, for both sides of di river. And di guide explain. Dis water dey flow go east, down enter di desert valley, and enter di sea. And when e reach di sea, di salt water go heal, e go become fresh. Anywhere wey di river pass, every living creature wey dey move for there go live. Fish go plenty well well. Fishermen go stand along di shore, from En-gedi reach En-eglaim, dey spread dem net make e dry. Di Dead Sea go full with fish like di Great Sea, di Mediterranean. Na only di swamps and di marshes go still remain with salt, so dat people go still get salt.

And then di part wey fine pass. For both sides of di river, every kind of fruit tree go grow. Dem leaf no go dry, and dem fruit no go ever finish. Every month dem go bring fresh fruit, because di water wey dey feed dem dey flow from di sanctuary, from di place wey God dey live. And di fruit go be for food, and di leaf go be for medicine. Food and healing. Life for where death bin dey before. And remember who first hear dis message: people wey dey live for exile, wey dem city don scatter, wey suppose don dey feel dry and dead like dat salt sea. God message be say life dey flow comot from where e dey, and as e dey go far, e dey deep more, and e dey heal everything wey e touch.

Di Dead Sea na di lowest place for land anywhere for di whole earth, e dey more than four hundred metres under di level of di sea. Im water get salt pass di ocean about ten times, e salt so tey people dey float for top am easily. No fish fit live there, na only small small microbes. En-gedi, wey Ezekiel mention, na real spring for di west side of di sea, one oasis where David hide one time from King Saul.

You go find dis vision for Ezekiel chapter forty-seven, verse one reach twelve. Small water from God house wey become river of life. And for di very end of di Bible, for Revelation, John see river and tree of life too, with leaves wey be for healing. So see one question wey you go carry dey go. Where for di world, or for your own life, you go like see God river bring new life?