78. HE ANSWERS, But come and see, when the Holy One, blessed be He, wanted to sentence the world to famine, He does not deliver this through a crier TO THE ANGELS. For a crier pronounces all other punishments in the world before they enter it, but this one OF FAMINE is not delivered to a crier, but the Holy One, blessed be He, announces it and cries. This is the meaning of, "for Hashem has called for a famine" (II Melachim 8:1). From that time other ministers are appointed over the world, due to the decree of famine.
78. אֶלָּא ת"ח, בְּשַׁעֲתָא דְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא בָּעֵי לְמֵידָן עָלְמָא בְּכַפְנָא, לָא יָהִיב מִלָּה דָּא לִידָא דְּכָרוֹזָא, דְּהָא כָּל דִּינִין אָחֳרָנִין דְּעָלְמָא, כָּרוֹזָא כָּרִיז עָלוֹהִי עַד לָא יֵיתוּן לְעָלְמָא, וְדִינָא דָּא לָא אִתְיְיהִיב לְכָרוֹזָא, אֶלָּא קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא אַכְרִיז עָלֵיהּ וְקָארִי. הה"ד, כִּי קָרָא יְיָ' לָרָעֵב. מֵהַהִיא שַׁעֲתָא אִתְפַּקְּדָן עַל עָלְמָא מְמָנָן אָחֳרָנִין, בִּפְקִידוּ דְּרָעָב.
79. A satiated man must not show himself full, because he indicates a blemish above and rejects the word of the King, WHO DECREED FAMINE. It is as if he removed the King's ministers from their position. Hence Jacob said to his sons, "why do you look at (or: 'show') one another," WHICH MEANS, Why do you create a defect above and below and deny the King's declaration, and all those appointed by the KING'S crier.
79. וְאָסִיר לֵיהּ לְבַר נָשׁ דְּאִית לֵיהּ שַׂבְעָא, לְאַחֲזָאָה בְּגַרְמֵיהּ שַׂבְעָא, דְּהָא אַחְזֵי פְּגִימוּ לְעֵילָּא, וְאַכְחִישׁ מִלָּה דְּמַלְכָּא, וְכִבְיָכוֹל כְּאִלּוּ אַעְבָּר מְמָנָן דְּמַלְכָּא מֵאַתְרַיְיהוּ. וְעַ"ד אָמַר יַעֲקֹב לִבְנוֹי, לָמָּה תִּתְרָאוּ, לָמָה תַּעֲבִידוּ פְּגִימוּ לְעֵילָּא וּלְתַתָּא, וּלְאַכְחָשָׁא מִלָּה דְּמַלְכָּא, וְכָל אִינּוּן מְמָנָן בִּכְרִיזוּ דִּילֵיהּ.