<prompt> Translate the following text to SwahiliThis manmade artery linking the Mediterranean with the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, allowed a much quicker journey time from Europe to the Middle East, India, and the Far East when it was opened in 1869, a great aid to the Western European powers in managing their expansive Empires.  <response>: Mfereji huu wa binadamu unaounganisha Bahari ya Mediterania na Bahari Nyekundu na Bahari ya Hindi, uliruhusu muda wa safari ya haraka kutoka Ulaya hadi Mashariki ya Kati, India, na Mashariki ya Mbali wakati ulipofunguliwa mnamo 1869, msaada mkubwa kwa nguvu za Ulaya Magharibi katika kusimamia milki zao kubwa. 