<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishAlionyesha shukrani yake kwa kujitolea maisha yake yote kurekebisha mji ulioharibiwa na Vita vya Miaka Thelathini vya karne iliyopita.  <response>: He expressed his gratitude by devoting the rest of his life to refurbishing a town devastated by the Thirty Years War of the previous century. 