<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishKuta za mwamba zilizomfahamu, ambazo zilionekana kuwa zenye kupendeza sana katika miaka yake kumi na miwili ya biashara kando ya njia hiyo, sasa zilionekana kumshika na kumwangamiza.  <response>: The familiar rock walls that seemed so benign to him in his twelve years of trade along the trail now seemed to grasp at him and crush him. 