Translation of "mapendezi" into English

Yaelekea amani ingepatikana, kama watawala hawangekuwa na mapendezi ya kisiasa yenye kupingana.

Apparently, peace would have been possible were it not for the conflicting political interests of the rulers.

Ndoa yetu ilikuwa yenye furaha hapo awali, lakini tulikuwa na madaraka na mapendezi yaliyofanya tuwe na miradi tofauti.

We had a happy marriage before, but we had obligations and interests that pulled us in different directions.

Akiwa gavana, Feliksi “alifanya kila namna ya ukatili na kufanya mapendezi yake, akitumia mamlaka ya kifalme kutekeleza dhana za kitumwa.”

As procurator, Felix “practised every kind of cruelty and lust, wielding the power of king with all the instincts of a slave.”