Translation of "kabla" into English

Kipindi kabla ya kufika mwisho wa upenyo, sikuhitaji tena msaada wa marafiki zangu.

Long before reaching the end of the tunnel, I no longer needed the assistance of my friends.

Makundi makubwa ya ndege wa baharini walikuwa na viota kwenye visiwa hivyo vitano vilivyo karibu na Galicia, ambavyo vilikuwa safi sana kabla ya msiba huo.

Huge colonies of seabirds nested in these five previously unspoiled islands off the coast of Galicia.

Hata hivyo, hakujua kwamba milki ilikuwa imeporomoka zaidi ya karne moja kabla!

He was, however, unaware that the empire had ceased to exist more than a century earlier!