<prompt> Translate the following text to SwahiliHe had asked the man for help a few days earlier and, if the merchant was right, had nearly died for it.  <response>: Alikuwa amemwomba mtu huyo amsaidie siku chache mapema na, ikiwa mfanyabiashara huyo alikuwa na haki, alikuwa karibu kufa kwa ajili yake. 