10 Simuli uyo wakenjila muŋanda, wakacaya Ela, akumupyana pabwaami. Ici cakacitika mumwaaka wamakumi obilo amyaaka yosanwe ayobilo ya bwaami bwakwe Asa mwaami wa mucishi ca Juda.
Jewu ndyaakapola pamwinjililo Jesebelo wakoolobesha ayi, “Webo Simuli omucayi! Ino wesa mukucitanshi kuno?”
Simuli, uyo wakalinga mutanjilili wa bashilumamba musa beshikulwanina mushikoci sha maaki sha mwaami, wakapinga kucaya Ela. Bumwi bushiku muTesa, Ela wakalinga kuya cikolwa muŋanda yakwe Aasa, uyo wakalinga munene paŋanda ya bwaami.
Simuli ndyaakaba mwaami wakacaya bamakwabo Baasha boonse. Taaku musankwa nabi womwi ngwaakashiyaawo, mukwabo nabi mubye.
Baasha mwanaakwe Aija, mumukowa wakwe Isaka, wakapingila Nadabu akumucaya, lakwe abashilumamba bakwe ndibakalinga kulwana mundabala inene ya Gibetoni mucishi ca bene Filisiti.
Mumwaaka wamakumi obilo amyaaka yosanwe ayobilo wa bwaami bwakwe Asa mwaami wa cishi ca Juda, Simuli wakalela bene Isilaeli muTesa nshiku shili shosanwe ashobilo. Paciindi ico bashilumamba bene Isilaeli bakalinga kulwana mundabala inene ya Gibetoni mucishi ca Filisitiya.
Mpeeke Shalumu mwanaakwe Jabeshi wakabukila Sekaliya akumucaya kuIbileamu akuba mwaami mumusena wakwe.