<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishKwa kuwa hawakuweza au hawakutaka kuwahamasisha majimbo ya zamani ya Malaya au maharamia wa Orang Laut kutembea baharini, watawala wapya walipoteza udhibiti wa kibiashara wa watangulizi wao katika Mlango-Bahari wa Melaka na, pamoja na hilo, amri ya biashara ya vikolezo ya Moluccas.  <response>: Unable or unwilling to court the old vassal Malay States or the orang laut pirates to patrol the seas, the new rulers forfeited their predecessors commercial monopoly in the Melaka Straits and, with it, command of the Moluccas spice trade. 