OET interlinear ECC 2:13

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

כִּֽ⁠יתְר֥וֹן הָ⁠א֖וֹר מִן־הַ⁠חֹֽשֶׁךְ

like,the_advantage_of the=light from/more_than the=darkness

Solomon is speaking as if wisdom and folly were physical things that could yield a tangible profit. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [just as light is better than darkness]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

כִּֽ⁠יתְר֥וֹן הָ⁠א֖וֹר מִן־הַ⁠חֹֽשֶׁךְ

like,the_advantage_of the=light from/more_than the=darkness

Solomon is speaking as if wisdom and folly were comparable to light and darkness. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [being able to see rather than being blind]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

לַֽ⁠חָכְמָ֖ה & הַ⁠סִּכְל֑וּת

of,wisdom & (the),folly

If your language does not use abstract nouns for the ideas of profit, wisdom, and folly, you could express the same ideas in other ways. Alternate translation: [the wise person … the fool]

Note 4 topic: writing-pronouns

וְ⁠רָאִ֣יתִי אָ֔נִי

and,I_saw I

Solomon is stating the pronoun I separately, even though the verb translated as saw already includes this meaning. He is doing that to emphasize that he himself personally recognized this truth. If a speaker of your language would use an explicit pronoun for the same purpose, you may want to use that construction in your translation. If not, your language may have other ways of showing the meaning here.