en_tn/luk/06/49.md

(Jesus continues to teach the crowd about the importance of obeying him.)

a man who built a house...

*This metaphor now compares a man building a house without a foundation to a person who does not obey the teachings of Jesus. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)

foundation

"base" or "support"

without a foundation

This could be translated as "but he did not dig down and build a foundation first."

torrent of water

"fast-moving water" or "river"

flowed against

"crashed against"

collapsed

"fell down" or "came apart"