22 A filha de Herodíades apresentou-se e pôs-se a dançar, com grande satisfação de Herodes e dos seus convivas. Disse o rei à moça: Pede-me o que quiseres, e eu to darei.

23 E jurou-lhe: Tudo o que me pedires te darei, ainda que seja a metade do meu reino.

24 Ela saiu e perguntou à sua mãe: Que hei de pedir? E a mãe respondeu: A cabeça de João Batista.

25 Tornando logo a entrar apressadamente à presença do rei, exprimiu-lhe seu desejo: Quero que sem demora me dês a cabeça de João Batista.

26 O rei entristeceu-se; todavia, por causa da sua promessa e dos convivas, não quis recusar.

27 Sem tardar, enviou um carrasco com a ordem de trazer a cabeça de João. Ele foi, decapitou João no cárcere,

28 trouxe a sua cabeça num prato e a deu à moça, e esta a entregou à sua mãe.

22 When the daughter of Herodias herself came in and danced, she pleased Herod and those sitting with him. The king said to the young lady, "Ask me whatever you want, and I will give it to you." 23 He swore to her, "Whatever you ask of me, I will give you, up to half of my kingdom."

24 She went out and said to her mother, "What shall I ask?"

She said, "The head of John the Baptizer."

25 She came in immediately with haste to the king and requested, "I want you to give me right now the head of John the Baptizer on a platter."

26 The king was exceedingly sorry, but for the sake of his oaths and of his dinner guests, he didn’t wish to refuse her. 27 Immediately the king sent out a soldier of his guard and commanded to bring John’s head; and he went and beheaded him in the prison, 28 and brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the young lady; and the young lady gave it to her mother.