<prompt> Translate the following text to SwahiliThis small, barren island in the northern Dodecanese may have remained the deserted outpost it once was, had it not been for a decision in the first century a.d. to use it as a penal colony for political and religious dissidents.  <response>: Kisiwa hiki kidogo cha Dodecanese cha kaskazini kingeweza kubaki kama kilivyokuwa wakati mmoja, kama haingekuwa kwa uamuzi uliofanywa katika karne ya kwanza KK wa kuitumia kama koloni ya adhabu kwa wapinzani wa kisiasa na kidini. 