After the death of Methodius,the Archbishop of Moravia,Prince Svatopluk withdrew his support for the Slavonic translation of the New Testament and evicted its followers from Moravia.The Bulgarian Tsar Simeon,a learned leader with a passion for Byzantine literature,gave them refuge and encouraged them to continue their work.

摩拉维亚大主教美多德去世后，公爵斯瓦托普卢克不再支持将《圣经·新约》译为斯拉夫语，还将做翻译工作的信徒逐出了摩拉维亚。保加利亚皇帝西米恩是一位博学的元首，热爱拜占庭文学，他为这些人提供庇护，并鼓励他们继续翻译。

[2]Mucha immortalises the expelled followers in the Byzantine frescos that adorn the walls of the basilica (egg tempera on canvas,405cm × 480cm,1923).He places Tsar Simeon at the centre of the composition,communicating with his scholars and scribes in the foreground while the official members of the church and court are relegated to the background.

[2]在装饰教堂墙壁的拜占庭壁画中，穆夏通过自己的画笔让那些被驱逐的信徒名留青史（布面蛋彩画，405厘米×480厘米，1923）。他将西米恩皇帝置于画面中心，画中的西米恩正与前景中的学者和书记员讨论着什么，而教会和朝廷的若干官员只是在背景中隐现。

[3]Mucha’s use of rich colours and warm tones draws the viewer’s eye through the picture and up to the figure if Simeon and capture the splendour and nobility of his intellectual pursuits.■

[3]此画色彩丰富，色调温暖，观者的注意力因而被直接引向西米恩。画面也充分体现出西米恩追求知识的宏大场景和高贵氛围。□